Five Afghans killed in air strike, elder says

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Five Afghans killed in air strike, elder says

Five Afghans killed in air strike, elder says
12 Mar 2007 10:15:46 GMT

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, March 12 (Reuters) - Western forces killed five Afghan civilians in an air strike in the southern province of Helmand, a tribal elder said on Monday.

The elder, Meera Jan, said civilian houses were hit in the attack. As well as the five people killed, four were wounded, he said.

A spokeswoman for NATO troops in Afghanistan said an air strike had been carried out in the Gereshk district of Helmand province late on Sunday but NATO forces were not involved.

A spokesman for a separate U.S.-led force said he had no information about any air strike.

more:http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL288961.htm

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Mon Mar-12-07 09:27 AM
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1. Roadside bomb kills 9 in Afghanistan

Roadside bomb kills 9 in Afghanistan 29 minutes ago

KABUL, Afghanistan - A roadside bomb targeting a police convoy killed nine officers, including a local commander, and left one critically wounded Monday in western Afghanistan, officials said.

The police were traveling in the Bakwa district of Farah province when the bomb exploded, said provincial police spokesman Baryalai Khan. The Bakwa police district commander was among the nine killed.
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In southern Afghanistan, NATO and Afghan troops clashed with suspected insurgents shortly before calling in an airstrike on a compound that left two militants dead, a spokesman said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070312/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan

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2. the forgotten war

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