The Cipher Brief Open Source Report for Friday, September 3, 2021

Today's top story: White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki acknowledged reports of civilian deaths in a recent air strike in Afghanistan and said the US also killed an ISIS ‘facilitator’. The US military says the car that was struck in a drone strike was carrying explosives. A new report from the Associated Press - citing local sources from the family of the US target - says the drone strike killed 10 members of their family, including children. The family members told AP that the car was not carrying explosives.