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US-led raid kills 16 Afghan civilians
US-led raid kills 16 Afghan civilians
PressTV - US-led raid kills 16 Afghan civilians
Tue Jul 12, 2011 4:25PM
US-led forces during an air patrol in Afghanistan (file photo).
A US-led airstrike in the troubled eastern Afghanistan has killed at least 16 people, mostly women and children, officials say.
The causalities come after an airstrike targeted residential areas overnight in the Azra district of Afghanistan's Logar province.
"Twelve civilians, including women and children, were killed last night when NATO planes targeted two houses," AFP quoted a regional police chief as saying.
The official also said that the bodies of four suspected Taliban militants had been recovered from the rubble.
Last week, the death of two children in a US-led airstrike sparked demonstrations in southern Afghanistan. NATO says it is investigating the incident.
The United States is pressing ahead with its attacks in Afghanistan despite continuous protests from the Afghan people and government.
President Hamid Karzai has repeatedly condemned attacks on civilians, saying NATO must stop searching for suspected terrorists in Afghan residential areas.
Hundreds of civilians have lost their lives in the US-led airstrikes and ground operations in various parts of Afghanistan over the past few months, with Afghans growing frustrated over the seemingly endless number of deadly assaults.
The attacks have left a large number of Afghan civilians dead since the start of the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.
The surge in violence comes despite the presence of 150,000 foreign troops, which are engaged in the so-called war on terrorism.
The war in Afghanistan, with civilian and military casualties at record highs, has become the longest war in US history.
JR/PKH/HJL
PressTV - US-led raid kills 16 Afghan civilians
Tue Jul 12, 2011 4:25PM
US-led forces during an air patrol in Afghanistan (file photo).
A US-led airstrike in the troubled eastern Afghanistan has killed at least 16 people, mostly women and children, officials say.
The causalities come after an airstrike targeted residential areas overnight in the Azra district of Afghanistan's Logar province.
"Twelve civilians, including women and children, were killed last night when NATO planes targeted two houses," AFP quoted a regional police chief as saying.
The official also said that the bodies of four suspected Taliban militants had been recovered from the rubble.
Last week, the death of two children in a US-led airstrike sparked demonstrations in southern Afghanistan. NATO says it is investigating the incident.
The United States is pressing ahead with its attacks in Afghanistan despite continuous protests from the Afghan people and government.
President Hamid Karzai has repeatedly condemned attacks on civilians, saying NATO must stop searching for suspected terrorists in Afghan residential areas.
Hundreds of civilians have lost their lives in the US-led airstrikes and ground operations in various parts of Afghanistan over the past few months, with Afghans growing frustrated over the seemingly endless number of deadly assaults.
The attacks have left a large number of Afghan civilians dead since the start of the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.
The surge in violence comes despite the presence of 150,000 foreign troops, which are engaged in the so-called war on terrorism.
The war in Afghanistan, with civilian and military casualties at record highs, has become the longest war in US history.
JR/PKH/HJL
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