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US-led airstrike kills Afghan civilians
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US-led airstrike kills Afghan civilians
Sat Aug 6, 2011 6:3PM GMT
A fresh US-led airstrike has killed at least eight civilians and wounded several others in the troubled southern Afghanistan, local authorities say.
The causalities come after NATO targeted a residential area in Nad Ali district of southern Helmand Province.
The western military alliance claims to have targeted militants in the troubled region.
However, eye-witnesses and local sources said all those killed in the attack were civilians.
Afghan officials say women and children are among the victims.
Kabul has been condemning attacks on Afghan people, with President Hamid Karzai saying the foreign forces should stop looking for Taliban militants among civilians.
Hundreds of civilians have lost their lives in US-led airstrikes and ground operations in different parts of the war-ravaged country over the past months.
A large number of civilians have fallen victim to the air raids since the 2001 US-led invasion of Afghanistan.
The loss of civilian lives at the hand of foreign forces has dramatically increased anti-American sentiments in Afghanistan.
Afghans have held several angry protests against NATO over the issue of civilian casualties.
The US-led war in Afghanistan, with civilian and military casualties at record highs, has become the longest war in the US history.
SS/JR/MMN
US-led airstrike kills Afghan civilians
Sat Aug 6, 2011 6:3PM GMT
A fresh US-led airstrike has killed at least eight civilians and wounded several others in the troubled southern Afghanistan, local authorities say.
The causalities come after NATO targeted a residential area in Nad Ali district of southern Helmand Province.
The western military alliance claims to have targeted militants in the troubled region.
However, eye-witnesses and local sources said all those killed in the attack were civilians.
Afghan officials say women and children are among the victims.
Kabul has been condemning attacks on Afghan people, with President Hamid Karzai saying the foreign forces should stop looking for Taliban militants among civilians.
Hundreds of civilians have lost their lives in US-led airstrikes and ground operations in different parts of the war-ravaged country over the past months.
A large number of civilians have fallen victim to the air raids since the 2001 US-led invasion of Afghanistan.
The loss of civilian lives at the hand of foreign forces has dramatically increased anti-American sentiments in Afghanistan.
Afghans have held several angry protests against NATO over the issue of civilian casualties.
The US-led war in Afghanistan, with civilian and military casualties at record highs, has become the longest war in the US history.
SS/JR/MMN
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