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"Their bodies are on the ground. If you do not believe us, you have helicopters and you should come to the area and see that these are civilians," Malik Rahman Gul, a village elder, was quoted by Reuters.

http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=83557&sectionid=351020403



Dispute over deadly US Afghan raid

A claim by US forces in Afghanistan that they killed 15 Taliban fighters in the eastern province of Laghman, has been disputed by village elders.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/01/20091248128328968.html



Afghan leader blasts U.S. attack, says 16 civilians killed

President Hamid Karzai condemned a U.S. operation he said killed 16 Afghan civilians, while hundreds of villagers denounced the American military during an angry demonstration Sunday.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6229275.html



US Attacks Fuel Afghan Anger

Video Report From Al Jazeera

Afghan civilians have rallied against America amid reports that civilians were killed in a US air raid over the weekend.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21855.htm



US pays $40,000 after 15 Afghans die in raid

U.S. commanders on Tuesday traveled to a poor Afghan village and distributed $40,000 to relatives of 15 people killed in a U.S. raid.

http://tinyurl.com/ajdkga



A New Scheme by the Afghan Government to Prevent Civilian Casualties

President Karzai has warned that he will call public vote, if foreign troops do not make their stand clear in a month.

http://tinyurl.com/bpze8o


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