DNA Special: Will the world ask America for proof of air strikes in Kabul?

Written By DNA Web Team | Updated: Aug 31, 2021, 06:41 AM IST

The truth is that out of the 10 people who were killed in this airstrike, 7 were children. Will US give evidence to prove these kids are terrorists?

You must have noted that the US carried out two drone strikes after the Kabul airport blast and said that it had killed the attackers. Apart from this, it also claimed to have destroyed the explosives kept in a car, through which more attacks could have been carried out. But today, no one is asking America for proof of these drone attacks. Whereas two years ago, when India conducted an airstrike on Balakot, Pakistan, not only India, but the media around the world had asked for evidence from us. These are double standards, so America needs to give proof of these attacks. But before that, let us tell you which terrorists were sitting in the car in which America claimed to be terrorists.

The US claimed on Sunday that it destroyed an explosive-laden vehicle in an airstrike in a residential area near Kabul airport. The pictures of this strike that the world saw in news channels and newspapers were like this. One of them was showing smoke rising from the house and outside this house, a car was parked in a burnt condition.

The US claims that there were explosives in this vehicle and the people driving it were about to explode again at Kabul airport. Whereas the truth is that out of the 10 people who were killed in this airstrike, 7 were children. Will America give evidence to prove these kids are terrorists?

When our correspondent Anas Malik reached this residential area, some distance from Kabul airport, we came to know that 9 out of 10 people killed in this drone attack belonged to the same family. And among them, the Afghan citizen who has been described as a terrorist was an engineer, who had been working in Kabul for a Japanese company for the last 17 years. So will the US prove that the Afghan engineer killed in its attack was actually a terrorist? And his entire family was involved in terrorist activities?

Thirdly, the US claims that it targeted this vehicle because the vehicle had explosives. The US also claims that two explosions occurred after its airstrike and these explosions were caused by explosives kept in the vehicle. But local people claim that there was only one blast. And the biggest thing is that after the blast, there was no smell of explosives. So will America give the world proof that the car it blew up contained explosives?

Our correspondent Anas Mallick also spoke to people who were present there at that time. These people claim that the car was not outside the house before the blast. These families and children had gone out in the car. And as soon as he reached home, after that this attack took place with the drone. Therefore the question is also arising, did America accidentally target this vehicle?

The US has not yet provided any such evidence which proves that there were explosives in this vehicle and that these 7 children and their family were terrorists. But despite this, foreign media is also praising America and Indian media is also making it a hero. But when India conducts airstrikes, the same media also raises questions and asks for proof.

According to the US, it used the MQ-9 Reaper Drone in this airstrike. This is the same drone, using which the US killed Iran's top commander General Qassem Soleimani in a missile attack. The weight of this drone is 2,223 kg and it can fly up to 15 km carrying a weight of about 1,700 kg and its speed is 482 km per hour. 

Its biggest feature is that when it is only 250 to 300 meters above the ground, its noise is not heard by the target. This drone was used in the US airstrikes in Kabul and Nangarhar. And the US claims that it launched the Hellfire missile from this drone. This missile does not explode. Rather, it is equipped with 6 dangerous blades, which can hit the target by breaking the roof of any vehicle. Prior to 2010, when the US was carrying out an average of more than a thousand drone strikes in Pakistan every year, these attacks killed civilians. And for this, America was criticized all over the world. After this, America prepared this missile, which only aims at the target and the rest of the people are safe.

The US claims that the two ISIS Khorasan terrorists killed in Nangarhar were in an auto-rickshaw. And the use of this missile did not cause any harm to the common people. But it is also true that there isn't much information about this missile. The US claims many times that it has launched Hellfire missiles despite using explosive missiles and the world easily believes its words.