NATO Will Not Launch Air Raids Near Homes, Says Afghanistan
Source: Reuters
NATO will not launch air raids near homes, says Afghanistan
Sun Jun 10, 2012 4:08am EDT
KABUL (Reuters) - NATO will not conduct any more air strikes in residential areas, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said, after 18 civilians, most of them women and children, were killed in a recent raid provoking fresh rage against foreign forces.
The commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, General John Allen, has apologized for the killings in Logar province during a joint operation with Afghan forces on Wednesday and promised an investigation into circumstances leading to the air strike.
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NATO initially said its forces and Afghan troops came under fire during the operation to capture a Taliban commander and they called for an air strike.
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Later, as villagers displayed bodies of women and children from the ruins of two houses, the NATO-led force said it had ordered an investigation. Nine of the victims were children, including an infant, five were women and three were elderly people, police said.
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AhmsoRealwidit
(17 posts)Killing is our business. The MIC is happy. The financiers of destruction are happy. The Assassin-In-Chief is happy. Our military apologists are doing their job. Why do these annoying people keep complaining about shit. Geez!!!
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)Alamuti Lotus
(3,093 posts)what princes! Can we get a Nobel Peace Prize ordered for these saints?
OnyxCollie
(9,958 posts)homes will now be referred to as "militant compounds."
Alamuti Lotus
(3,093 posts)Filled with suspected al-Qai'dah #2 commanders, and hit from a suspected US drone. Or possibly it was Fiji and French Guyana sending out the drones again. Nobody can quite be sure, plenty of suspicious types around.