<p>The United States is investigating whether civilians may have been killed in an <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/us-carries-out-air-strike-to-stop-car-bomb-in-kabul-1024881.html" target="_blank">air strike</a> it launched to destroy a car laden with explosives in the Afghan capital Kabul, a spokesman for US Central Command (CENTCOM) said Sunday.</p>.<p>The statement came after CNN reported that nine members of a family, including six children, were killed in Sunday's air strike in the crowded capital, where thousands of Afghans are still trying to flee the Taliban.</p>.<p>AFP has not been able to confirm the report. Local media also reported that civilians were killed in the strike.</p>.<p>"We are aware of reports of civilian casualties following our strike on a vehicle in Kabul today," Captain Bill Urban, a CENTCOM spokesman, said in a statement.</p>.<p>"We are still assessing the results of this strike, which we know disrupted an imminent ISIS-K threat to the airport," he continued, using an acronym for the Afghan branch of the Islamic State group, which carried out a suicide attack at the airport on Thursday.</p>.<p>"We know that there were substantial and powerful subsequent explosions resulting from the destruction of the vehicle, indicating a large amount of explosive material inside that may have caused additional casualties," Urban continued. "It is unclear what may have happened, and we are investigating further.</p>.<p>"We would be deeply saddened by any potential loss of innocent life," he said.</p>.<p>The US air strike came after a suicide bomber from the Islamic State group on Thursday targeted US troops stopping huge crowds of people from entering the airport as they try to flee the new Taliban regime.</p>.<p>Scores of people died in the attack, including 13 US service personnel.</p>.<p>The car that was destroyed by the US strike had been headed for Kabul's airport, a Taliban spokesman had said earlier Sunday.</p>.<p>About 114,000 people have been evacuated since August 15, when the Taliban swept back into power. The American withdrawal from Afghanistan is due to be completed by Tuesday.</p>
<p>The United States is investigating whether civilians may have been killed in an <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/us-carries-out-air-strike-to-stop-car-bomb-in-kabul-1024881.html" target="_blank">air strike</a> it launched to destroy a car laden with explosives in the Afghan capital Kabul, a spokesman for US Central Command (CENTCOM) said Sunday.</p>.<p>The statement came after CNN reported that nine members of a family, including six children, were killed in Sunday's air strike in the crowded capital, where thousands of Afghans are still trying to flee the Taliban.</p>.<p>AFP has not been able to confirm the report. Local media also reported that civilians were killed in the strike.</p>.<p>"We are aware of reports of civilian casualties following our strike on a vehicle in Kabul today," Captain Bill Urban, a CENTCOM spokesman, said in a statement.</p>.<p>"We are still assessing the results of this strike, which we know disrupted an imminent ISIS-K threat to the airport," he continued, using an acronym for the Afghan branch of the Islamic State group, which carried out a suicide attack at the airport on Thursday.</p>.<p>"We know that there were substantial and powerful subsequent explosions resulting from the destruction of the vehicle, indicating a large amount of explosive material inside that may have caused additional casualties," Urban continued. "It is unclear what may have happened, and we are investigating further.</p>.<p>"We would be deeply saddened by any potential loss of innocent life," he said.</p>.<p>The US air strike came after a suicide bomber from the Islamic State group on Thursday targeted US troops stopping huge crowds of people from entering the airport as they try to flee the new Taliban regime.</p>.<p>Scores of people died in the attack, including 13 US service personnel.</p>.<p>The car that was destroyed by the US strike had been headed for Kabul's airport, a Taliban spokesman had said earlier Sunday.</p>.<p>About 114,000 people have been evacuated since August 15, when the Taliban swept back into power. The American withdrawal from Afghanistan is due to be completed by Tuesday.</p>