September 28 2017
The NATO-led mission in Afghanistan says a U.S. airstrike on Wednesday caused civilian casualties in Kabul, reports the BBC.
The strike was called in to suppress an attack on the Afghan capital, noted the Resolute Support mission, as cited by CNBC.
Insurgents fired mortars and detonated suicide vests in their attack that day against Kabul's international airport during a visit by U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis. Both the Islamic State and the Taliban claimed...
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