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Kabul drone strike: 'Why did they kill our family?'

The Pentagon says it is investigating claims that Afghan civilians were killed by a drone strike. An Afghan man says ten of his family members died.

The Pentagon says it is investigating claims that Afghan civilians were killed by a drone strike carried out by the US in response to the threat of another terrorist attack at Kabul airport. We hear from a man who says ten of his family members died.

Also today, rescue workers in the US state of Louisiana -- where Hurricane Ida came ashore on Sunday -- are using hundreds of boats and aircraft to find people trapped by floods; and Madagascar is facing what could be the first famine caused by climate change.

(Photo: The aftermath of the drone strike in the Afghan capital, Kabul. Credit: EPA/stringer)

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  • Mon 30 Aug 202120:06GMT

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