A report has found that Pentagon has systemic weaknesses which are responsible for the killing of civilians by the military man. A global policy think tank has said the Pentagon's civilian casualty procedures are inconsistent and need reform.

An examination of the civilian casualty systems used by the US Department of Defense (DoD) found significant flaws.

The RAND Corporation, a global policy think the organization, has issued a report identifying anomalies in the Pentagon's protocols for dealing with civilian casualties and making recommendations for improvement.

The think tank said in a statement on Twitter that "lessons from strikes that caused civilian casualties are not shared across DoD in a way that meaningfully reduces future casualties."

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Key Findings of the Report 

 

According to RAND, the military's capacity to limit harm to civilians was harmed by institutional flaws.

The research determined that the Department of Defense is "not adequately organized, trained, or equipped to fulfill its current responsibilities for addressing civilian harm."

According to the study, there was insufficient full-time staff committed to dealing with a civilian injury, and those who did had insufficient training.

Military intelligence was concentrated on the adversary, therefore data and records dealing with civilian injury might be insufficient, implying a lack of comprehension when dealing with "the broader civilian picture."

Implementing standardized reporting mechanisms on civilian injury, creating permanent jobs to deal directly with the issue, and establishing a center of excellence for civilian protection were among the proposals.

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Department of Defense directed to Act on recommendations of the report

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin issued a memo instructing the Department of Defense to prepare an action plan based on the independent review's conclusions.

A 90-day deadline has been set for the department to come up with a strategy.

"Part of what the 90-day review will do is determine how that fits into a structural framework for the department," a senior defense official told reporters, adding that the center will look at the issue holistically, encompassing "not only the policy and strategic side of things but very much the operational piece of things."

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Over the years, the US military has been chastised for civilian casualties in combat zones.

According to Pentagon records obtained by The New York Times in December, US bombings based on "seriously faulty information" led to thousands of civilian fatalities in Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

In August, a drone attack in Kabul killed ten people, seven of them were children. Defense officials stated at the time that the truck had explosives, however, this assertion was later withdrawn.