The US military often misjudged the situation before launching airstrikes on Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, leading to numerous civilian casualties that were misjudged. This is reported by the New York Times, which has at its disposal more than 1.3 thousand internal documents of the US Department of Defense.

After examining the materials, the journalists came to the conclusion that the military department had downplayed the number of civilian deaths. The article speaks of "hundreds of victims" who were not included in the official statistics.

The authors of the publication suggest that the military did not take into account the fact that civilians could be in the buildings on which the attacks were carried out with the terrorists. The management was often simply not informed about this.

Only 12% of such cases were investigated, and a significant part of the proceedings was dropped due to “incomplete or incorrect” evidence. As a result, only 10% of the victims' relatives were compensated.

The Pentagon, in response to a request from the newspaper, announced the inevitable mistakes made during large-scale military operations.

“Even with the best technology in the world, mistakes happen due to incomplete information or misinterpretation. We investigate every credible case and regret every innocent life lost,” said US Central Command spokesman Bill Urban.

Earlier, the United States Department of Defense, following an internal investigation, decided to release from responsibility the military personnel involved in the air strike on the Afghan capital, Kabul, which killed ten people, including seven children.

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