{"id":2015130,"date":"2023-08-29T06:05:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T10:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wife-of-afghan-targeted-by-botched-us-strike-honors-second-anniversary-in-america\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T06:07:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T10:07:29","slug":"wife-of-afghan-targeted-by-botched-us-strike-honors-second-anniversary-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wife-of-afghan-targeted-by-botched-us-strike-honors-second-anniversary-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghan man&#8217;s wife marks 2nd year in US after failed US strike."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwife-of-afghan-targeted-by-botched-us-strike-honors-second-anniversary-in-america%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2015130&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Tuesday\u2064 Marks Second Anniversary of Tragic Loss<\/h2>\n<p>Tuesday marks the second anniversary of\u200b a\u200c devastating event that forever changed Anisa\u2064 Ahmadi&#8217;s life. On\u200d that fateful day, her husband, three sons, and a grandchild were tragically \u2064killed by\u2064 the United States military. Today, Anisa finds herself as\u200c a refugee in the very \u2063country that took away her loved ones.<\/p>\n<h3>A Case of Mistaken Identity<\/h3>\n<p>Anisa Ahmadi&#8217;s husband,\u200d Zemari Ahmadi, was a former aid worker who dedicated his\u200b life to helping others. However, on August 29, 2021, the U.S. military mistakenly identified him\u200b as a terrorist and deemed \u200bhim an imminent threat to their forces. This tragic \u2064error\u200b occurred during a massive evacuation from the Hamid Karzai International Airport, following a suicide \u200bbombing \u2064that claimed the lives of thirteen\u2062 U.S. troops just days earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, Department of Defense\u2064 and U.S. Central Command officials claimed that the strike was successful, citing &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-u-s-military-strikes-car-carrying-multiple-suicide-bombers-en-route-to-kabul-airport-officials-say\/\" title=\"BREAKING: U.S. Military Strikes Car Carrying \u2018Multiple Suicide Bombers\u2019 En Route To Kabul Airport, Officials Say\">significant secondary explosions<\/a>&#8221; as evidence \u2063of explosives in the targeted vehicle. However, it was later revealed that they had targeted an innocent \u2064man with no ties to terrorism, posing no danger to U.S. troops.<\/p>\n<p>In a\u2064 statement\u2063 provided to\u200d the Washington Examiner by the ACLU, Anisa Ahmadi \u200dexpressed her indescribable grief\u200b and the profound \u200cimpact this drone\u200d strike\u200c had on her and her family. Despite the\u2063 immense loss, she remains grateful for their recent evacuation after months of waiting and desperation. Her\u2063 prayer now is for peace and the opportunity to lead safe and secure lives.<\/p>\n<h3>The Tragic Loss<\/h3>\n<p>In\u2063 addition to Zemari Ahmadi, the victims of this tragic incident included three of his children, Zamir, Faisal, and Farzad, as well as his grandchild, Malika. The children of Romal and Arezo Ahmadi, Jamshid and \u200bSoma Yousufi, and Naser Haidari, Zemari Ahmadi&#8217;s nephew, also lost their lives that day.<\/p>\n<h3>Avoidable Mistakes \u2062and Confirmation Bias<\/h3>\n<p>Documents obtained by \u200cthe New York Times revealed that six out of nine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wife-of-afghan-targeted-by-botched-us-strike-honors-second-anniversary-in-america\/\" title=\"Afghan man's wife marks 2nd year in US after failed US strike.\">witnesses knew immediately<\/a> after the strike\u2062 that \u200bcivilians in the\u200b area had likely been killed. \u200cWithin three hours, analysts confirmed\u2064 the deaths of three children. The U.S. military\u200c had been tracking a white Toyota \u200dCorolla for \u2063eight hours before launching the strike, based on intelligence suggesting an imminent attack by ISIS-K operatives using a vehicle of that make and model.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation by U.S. Air Force Inspector General Lt. Gen. Sami Said concluded that there were no illegalities in the strike. However, \u200che acknowledged the role of confirmation\u2064 bias in their intelligence gathering, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nike-sues-over-lil-nas-x-satan-shoes\/\" title=\"Nike Sues Over Lil Nas X \u2018Satan\u2019 Shoes\">mistaken belief<\/a> that\u2062 Zemari Ahmadi&#8217;s Toyota was the \u200dintended target.<\/p>\n<h3>Evacuation and Rebuilding Lives<\/h3>\n<p>Following \u200cthe admission of fault by the Pentagon, the Ahmadi family\u200b was granted evacuation from Afghanistan. The decision was made to \u200cprotect them from potential harm, as any\u200c compensation could have \u200dmade them targets for the Taliban\u200c or\u2062 other dangerous actors in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The ACLU, which represents the Ahmadi family, \u2063expressed gratitude \u2063for \u200cthe U.S.\u200c government&#8217;s efforts to resettle most of their \u200bclients. However, they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hilton-building-hotel-on-top-of-demolished-uyghur-mosque-in-china\/\" title=\"Hilton Building Hotel On Top Of Demolished Uyghur Mosque In China\">remain deeply concerned<\/a> about the fate of two families still awaiting evacuation in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>As we reflect on this\u200c tragic anniversary, let us remember the lives lost and the \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-times-abortion-has-been-a-losing-point-for-the-gop-in-elections\/\" title=\"GOP has consistently lost elections due to their stance on abortion, four times.\">ongoing struggle faced<\/a> by those affected. May their stories serve as \u200da reminder of the importance of accountability and the need to prevent such devastating mistakes in\u200c the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday marks the second anniversary of Anisa Ahmadi losing her husband, three sons, and a grandchild to the US military. As a refugee, she commemorates this tragic day in the very country that separated her from her loved ones. 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