Times Investigation: In US Drone Strike, Evidence Suggests No ISIS Bomb
KABUL, Afghanistan -- It was the last known missile fired by the United States in its 20-year war in Afghanistan, and the military called it a "righteous strike" -- a drone attack after hours of surveillance Aug. 29 against a vehicle that U.S. officials thought contained an Islamic State bomb and posed an imminent threat to troops at Kabul's airport.
Matthieu Aikins, Christoph Koettl, Evan Hill and Eric Schmitt, New York Times