"I wasn't sure when i would see that day. Wasn't sure what it would prove or disprove," says Zain Verjee. "But when i saw the water jugs, i was like, 'This is significant' The timing of him coming and going also allowed us to kind of piece togetherr where he actually was", she adds.
A US drone strike in Afghanistan was meant to take out an ISIS-K target. Reporting on the ground shows an aid worker and several children were killed. Matthieu Aikins, reporter at the New York Times, explains from Kabul.
Today’s show was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices