Errant Drone Strike Undercuts Biden Vow to Hit Terrorists Abroad

  • Kabul misfire casts doubt on ‘over the horizon’ capabilities
  • Pentagon leaders to face questions on Afghan pullout this week
A relative mourns over the casket of a child killed by the U.S. drone strike in Kabul.Photographer: Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images
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The Pentagon’s admission that a drone strike killed innocent civilians as U.S. forces hastily withdrew from Afghanistan undercut one of the Biden administration’s chief arguments for leaving -- the ability to use “over the horizon” capabilities to hit terrorists.

The risk of drone attacks gone wrong remains.