Pax Christi: Lethal drone strikes in Afghanistan are morally unacceptable

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Source: Pax Christi USA

Johnny Zokovitch, Executive Director of Pax Christi USA, has issued the following statement today in response to the US drone strike in Kabul on Sunday, August 29th:

"As The Washington Post and other media outlets report on the deaths of at least ten Afghan civilians - including young children - as a result of a second US drone strike in Kabul, Pax Christi USA calls on the Biden Administration to cease the use of lethal drones. The death of civilians is not an unfortunate aberration; it is part and parcel of the normalized use of lethal weapons and morally unacceptable," stated Johnny Zokovitch, Executive Director of Pax Christi USA.

"Such indiscriminate killing just furthers the cycle of violence, undermines real human security and traumatizes survivors. What we are seeing now after twenty years of military occupation in Afghanistan should, at the very least, cause our leaders to pause and question to what end more arms, more bombs, and more death will lead."