A "Kill/Capture" Mission Challenged

Name: A "Kill/Capture" Mission Challenged
Uploaded: 2011-05-08T08:00:00Z
Duration: P611S
Description: The U.S. maintains a September 2010 airstrike in Takhar province targeted and killed a "significant" Taliban leader. But independent investigators have concluded that the eight people who died were all civilians, and that they died because of "grave" intelligence flaws.

Clip: Season 2011 Episode 9 | 10m 11s

The U.S. maintains a September 2010 airstrike in Takhar province targeted and killed a "significant" Taliban leader. But independent investigators have concluded that the eight people who died were all civilians, and that they died because of "grave" intelligence flaws.

Aired: 05/10/11

Rating: NR

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