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Air strikes kill six Afghans
 ASADABAD, Afghanistan, April 13 (AFP): Afghan officials and victims levelled fresh accusations against foreign troops Monday, charging that air strikes killed six civilians and wounded 14, including women and children.The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) confirmed there was an "event" in the northeastern province of Kunar late Sunday but could not immediately provide any details. The air strikes hit civilian homes in Kunar's Watapour district about 15 kilometres northwest of the provincial capital Asadabad, district governor Zalmai Yousufzai told reporters. "Among the six dead were two children, a woman and three men," he said. Seven children, a woman and six men were wounded, all of them civilians, he said.
Posted by: Steve White 2009-04-14 |
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