An errant U.S. drone strike killed 10 members of their family. They're still awaiting compensation

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Not a single offer of monetary compensation to civilians was made in 2020 despite the US Congress allocating US$3 million in funding each year to compensate those harmed by US military operations anywhere in the world.

Emal Ahmadi and his older brother Zemari Ahmadi were inseparable. They’d sit on the plush red and tan rug in their shared living room and eat meals together, discussing family, work, and the distressing changes shaking their country as U.S. troops began evacuating and the Taliban rode to power.

But six weeks after he lost his brother, Emal said he has yet to be contacted by the U.S. government to apologize or to offer help. A jobless father in a battered land — his 3-year-old daughter Malika was killed in the blast — Emal is struggling to provide for an extended family of 15. “I’m so angry, I’m so sad,” added Emal, who is also requesting the U.S. help his family relocate to safety.

Zemari, who worked for 16 years for the Pasadena-based nonprofit Nutrition & Education International was killed when a drone fired a Hellfire missile at his white Toyota Corolla. Seven children were among the victims. McKenzie called the attack a “tragic mistake.” It was a horrific final act, and its chaotic nature seemed to distill two decades of America's failure to build a stable Afghan government.

Emal Ahmadi, left, looks off into the distance as relatives around him try to provide support after an American drone strike killed members of his family in Kabul.

 

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