Ten Afghani civilians including 8 children were murdered in NATO airstrikes
My Name
Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:09:42 GMT
Ten civilians including eight school children have been
killed the latest episode of NATO's imprecise airstrikes in
Afghanistan.
"Initial reports indicate that in a series of operations by
international forces in Kunar province... 10 civilians,
eight of them school students have been killed," Afghan
President Hamid Karzai's office said Monday.
Karzai has strongly condemned the killings in the airstrikes
and appointed a delegation to investigate the event.
NATO forces in Kabul said they were looking into the
incident, but declined to give further details.
Kunar representative in the parliament walked out of an
important session debating appointments to Karzai's new
cabinet in protest at the civilian casualties.
The border regions of Kunar have long been volatile as
Taliban militants are said to cross the porous border from
Pakistan to fight Western troops and Afghan government
forces.
The imprecise operations carried out by the 100,000-plus
foreign forces in Afghanistan have been criticized for their
potential in claiming civilian casualties.
In one of the worst such cases, more than 140 people,
including at least 30 civilians, were killed or wounded in
Kunduz Province on September 4.
RZS/MMN
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=114845§ionid=351020403
--
A government, of Israel, by Israel, and, for: Israel.
But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light:
for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. The light shineth in darkness;
and the darkness comprehended it not. The light of the body is the eye:
if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness.
If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead,
and Christ shall give thee light. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.