Afghanis Say U.S. Copter Bombing Kills 11

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A U.S. helicopter attacked a house in a village in southern Afghanistan (news - web sites), killing 11 people, four of them children, Afghan officials said Monday. snip

The attack occurred at around 4 a.m. Sunday, a day after U.S. forces hunting for Taliban insurgents had searched Saghatho village, where the home is located, said Abdul Rahman, chief of Char Chino district in Uruzgan province.


"They were simple villagers, they were not Taliban. I don't know why the U.S. bombed this home. We have informed our authorities," he told The Associated Press by telephone in the southern city of Kandahar.


Maj. Steven R. Moon, a spokesman for the U.S. military in Kabul, had no immediate comment.

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