Originally posted by the Voice of America. Voice of America content is produced by the Voice of America, a United States federal government-sponsored entity, and is in the public domain. US: Crew at Fault for Deadly Attack on Afghan Civilians VOA News 29 May 2010 The U.S. military has acknowledged that operators of a remote-controlled drone aircraft are to blame for the deaths of 23 civilians killed in an attack earlier this year.  The civilians were killed in the February 11 attack in Uruzgan province, when their convoy was hit by U.S. missiles after troops mistook them for Taliban insurgents. An investigation report released Saturday into the incident said the personnel operating the drone ignored or downplayed information that civilians were in the convoy. The report said the crew then provided inaccurate information to local command posts, who in turn failed to properly analyze the situation. The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, called inadvertent civilian deaths "heartbreaking," and said such incidents only undermine the Afghan people's trust in the U.S.-led mission. He said the U.S. will do all it can to regain the trust of Afghans. The report said four senior and two junior officers were officially reprimanded for the incident. Separately, the Afghan Interior Ministry said a suicide bomber detonated himself Saturday in Kabul, but caused no other casualties. The explosion took place close to a supermarket run by Supreme Food Services, the main food supplier to foreign forces in the country. The store is located near the main road used by NATO convoys traveling in and out of the capital. Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters. .