![The family members of those killed in the US drone strike that spurred the US military into creating a plan to reduce civilian casualties](https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/us-drone-strikes-afghanistan-civilian-casualties-09162022-1.jpg?w=519&h=259&crop=1)
In August, the U.S. military announced a plan to reduce civilian casualties, embedding it as a concern at every level of preparation and operations. But the U.S. has always professed to take civilian casualties seriously, which raises the question of why it is now issuing a formal plan to do so and what changes might result from it.