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Afghan boy among a dozen killed by US strike
US forces killed at least one child, video footage obtained by Reuters on Wednesday showed, in an air strike in western Afghanistan that police say killed 12 civilians and US forces said killed 16 militants. http://tinyurl .com/acu2ou From... ...
13 civilians killed in US-led strike
Afghan authorities said Wednesday that at least 13 civilians, including women and children, were killed in a US-led air strike on militants, prompting the military to order an inquiry. http://news.yaho o.com/s/afp/20090218/wl_st hasia_afp/afghanistanunres t From... ...
The Slaughter Continues: US Kills Dozens of Wedding Guests
By JESSICA LEEDER AND ALEX STRICK VAN LINSCHOTEN The bodies of at least 36 women have been identified, and hundreds more men and women have been injured. Local leaders have yet to establish a firm casualty... ...
Foreign Troops Kill Nine Afghan Soldiers: Ministry
Elyas Wahdat, Reuters: "Foreign troops killed nine Afghan soldiers in a mistaken air strike in the southeast of the country overnight, the Afghan Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. The US military confirmed... ...
Hit and miss with Afghan air strikes
Asia Times by Gareth Porter 10/21/08 Air strikes against suspected Taliban leaders in Afghanistan were halted in 2004, in the belief they were ineffectual and caused too many civilian deaths. They resumed... ...
NATO airstrike killed over 25 civilians, Afghans say
Residents claiming to have witnessed the airstrike said at least 18 bodies, all women and children - including one only 6 months old - were pulled from the rubble and taken to the provincial governor's... ...
US Carnage In Afghanistan
Harrowing video film backs Afghan villagers' claims of carnage caused by US troops Tom Coghlan in Kabul These are the images that have forced the Pentagon into a rare U-turn. Until yesterday the US... ...
Scores Killed by Pilotless US Aircraft
Pir Zubair Shah and Jane Perlez, The New York Times: "A missile strike from a remotely piloted United States reconnaissance aircraft killed 6 to 12 people in a group of houses in southern Afghanistan,... ...
Afghan Govt demands new rules of engagement
A Government statement says air strikes on civilian targets, unilateral searches of homes, and illegal detentions of Afghan civilians must be stopped. http://www.abc.n et.au/news/stories/2008/08 /26/2346361.htm From... ...
Afghan cabinet demands review of international troops
The Afghan cabinet demanded Monday the renegotiation of agreements regulating the presence of the international community in Afghanistan after more than 90 civilians were killed in US-led air strikes. http://news.yaho o.com/s/afp/20080825/wl_af p/afghanistanunrestcivilia nnatous From... ...