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Children among those killed in US drone strike on Kabul neighbourhood
The drone strike was authorised by United States President Joe Biden

AT LEAST 10 people from two families, including children, are believed to have been killed in Sunday’s US drone strike, which Washington insisted was targeting terrorist gangs in Afghanistan planning an attack on Kabul airport.

The youngest of the children blown to pieces in the attack was two-year-old Sumaya, the oldest 12-year-old Farzad. They were travelling in a car that was hit by the missile. 

It is thought that the Ahmadi and Nejrabi families had visas enabling them to travel to the United States and were preparing to leave for the airport.

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