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Afghanistan
US and Afghan troops reportedly kill 22 'human shields' in anti-Taliban operation
2017-02-13
[ABC.NET.AU] Afghan officials and local residents say 22 civilians, mostly women and kiddies, were killed during a joint operation carried out by US and Afghan forces last week in the southern Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
province.

The presidential envoy for security in Helmand, Jabar Qahraman, said the raid against Taliban bully boyz in the Sangin district killed 13 people from one family and nine from another.

"We are saddened to hear the news of civilians being killed," he said.

"When the Taliban use civilians as their shield against security forces, such incidents occur."

US Navy Captain Bill Salvin, a military front man, said: "We are working diligently to determine whether non-combatants were killed or injured as a result of US air strikes [carried out to support Afghan forces in and around Sangin]."

The investigation is "continuing and has not reached any conclusions", he added in a written statement.

The UN mission in Afghanistan meanwhile expressed "grave concern" at the violence in Helmand, saying its initial inquiries suggest air strikes by international forces killed at least 18 civilians, "nearly all women and kiddies".

Hameed Gul, a local resident, said he lost nine members of his family, including his mother and sister, in Thursday's raid.

"It's all lie that they were attacking the Taliban," he said.

Kareem Atal, the head of the provincial council in Helmand, said a man, two women and two children who were maimed in the raid have been brought to scenic provincial capital Lashkar Gah for treatment.

Helmand has seen months of heavy fighting between Afghan forces and the Taliban, who have repeatedly attacked Lashkar Gah.
Posted by:Fred

#1  Lots of Frenchies died from allied bombing 42-45, not the mention collateral damage during and after Normandy on the ground. Then again, actual war was being conducted.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2017-02-13 08:52  

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