World | drone strike NATO 'Sorry' for Airstrike That Kills Mom, 5 Kids Military 'deeply saddened by civilian deaths' By Neal Colgrass Posted May 7, 2012 4:54 PM CDT Copied A US Predator drone flies over the moon above Kandahar Air Field, southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File) The US military expressed regret today for killing a mother and five of her children in an airstrike in southwestern Afghanistan, the New York Times reports. The Friday attack, which was aimed at Taliban forces, killed the mother, three girls, and two boys—and possibly eight other civilians, the Washington Post reports. The military "will be formally apologizing in the next couple of days to the family,” said a NATO spokesman. “We are deeply saddened by any civilian deaths." (One study says that 1 in 3 deaths in drone strikes are civilians; 65 civilians were reportedly killed in one US attack.) Read These Next Treatment delay was deadly for pregnant cop with atrial fibrillation. It's a largely invisible nightmare for many families. The 60 Minutes segment that was abruptly pulled has now been aired. Elon Musk just made a big donation to a pro-Trump candidate. Report an error