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Posted on July 8, 2011
KHOST: (AIP): Hundreds of people staged a protest demonstration in Daomanda district of Khost province on Thursday against the killing of 13 Afghan civilians in an airstrike by aircrafts of the foreign forces yesterday.The protesters blocked the Khost-Gardez road for all kinds of traffic for few hours. They were raising slogans against the US and Afghan government. They demanded of the Afghan government to deal with stern hands the killers of common masses. Later, the protesters dispersed peacefully.The Daomanda District Chief Hussain Jan Sherzai told the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) that all the people killed in the bombardment of foreign forces in Daomanda district yesterday were civilians. He maintained about 500 cattle of the people were also killed in the blitz.It’s pertinent to mention here that 13 Afghan civilians were killed in bombardment of the foreign forces in Kamalkhel area, Daomanda district of Khost province yesterday. However, ISAF media centre said: “The subsequent airstrike killed several insurgents and unintentionally, a number of associated family members.”Meanwhile, NATO’s International Security Assistance Force on Thursday said they were conducting investigations into allegations of civilian casualties in during an air strike in Ghazni province yesterday.“As a result of allegations made following an airstrike in Ghazni province, the International Security Assistance Force is conducting a joint investigation into the operation with Afghanistan’s Ministry of the Interior and Ministry of Defense officials,” ISAF said in press release. ISAF claimed that coalition forces conducted the strike after observing an “insurgent emplacing an improvised explosive device along a road”, killing the individual.A resident of Ghazni City, however, told Afghan Islamic Press that NATO aircrafts targeted civilians on July 06 in Amirkhel area of Khugyani district, Ghazni province, killing two and wounding anotherLater, local residents brought the dead bodies to Ghazni City to lodge their protest and put them in front of the governor’s office. He said the protesters chanted anti US and anti-Afghan government slogans and demanded the trial of the people behind the air strike.He added that Ghazni governor Musa Khan Akbarzada assured the protesters to conduct investigations into the incident.
Posted on July 8, 2011
KHOST: (AIP): Hundreds of people staged a protest demonstration in Daomanda district of Khost province on Thursday against the killing of 13 Afghan civilians in an airstrike by aircrafts of the foreign forces yesterday.The protesters blocked the Khost-Gardez road for all kinds of traffic for few hours. They were raising slogans against the US and Afghan government. They demanded of the Afghan government to deal with stern hands the killers of common masses. Later, the protesters dispersed peacefully.The Daomanda District Chief Hussain Jan Sherzai told the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) that all the people killed in the bombardment of foreign forces in Daomanda district yesterday were civilians. He maintained about 500 cattle of the people were also killed in the blitz.It’s pertinent to mention here that 13 Afghan civilians were killed in bombardment of the foreign forces in Kamalkhel area, Daomanda district of Khost province yesterday. However, ISAF media centre said: “The subsequent airstrike killed several insurgents and unintentionally, a number of associated family members.”Meanwhile, NATO’s International Security Assistance Force on Thursday said they were conducting investigations into allegations of civilian casualties in during an air strike in Ghazni province yesterday.“As a result of allegations made following an airstrike in Ghazni province, the International Security Assistance Force is conducting a joint investigation into the operation with Afghanistan’s Ministry of the Interior and Ministry of Defense officials,” ISAF said in press release. ISAF claimed that coalition forces conducted the strike after observing an “insurgent emplacing an improvised explosive device along a road”, killing the individual.A resident of Ghazni City, however, told Afghan Islamic Press that NATO aircrafts targeted civilians on July 06 in Amirkhel area of Khugyani district, Ghazni province, killing two and wounding anotherLater, local residents brought the dead bodies to Ghazni City to lodge their protest and put them in front of the governor’s office. He said the protesters chanted anti US and anti-Afghan government slogans and demanded the trial of the people behind the air strike.He added that Ghazni governor Musa Khan Akbarzada assured the protesters to conduct investigations into the incident.
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