.US kills baby, 4 other civilians in Afghanistan
US forces have killed at least five people, including a baby, during a night raid which they say has been aimed at targeting militants in central Afghanistan.
Afghan officials say the foreign forces killed the civilians in an attack on a village house in Uruzgan province on Saturday night.
US-led forces in the war-weary country claim the casualties occurred when the joint forces came under fire from several locations as they approached a compound in the region.
The NATO alliance has confirmed the death of the baby and expressed regret for what it called a tragic loss of innocent life.
General Stanley McChrystal, the commander of US and NATO troops in Afghanistan, is expected to issue a new directive on night raids in the near future.
The fact that Afghan civilian casualties are rising has become a major source of friction between Kabul and Washington.
Last week, thousands of Afghans protested against civilian casualties caused by the US-led forces' actions.
PressTV
Baby killers to boot.
Afghan officials say the foreign forces killed the civilians in an attack on a village house in Uruzgan province on Saturday night.
US-led forces in the war-weary country claim the casualties occurred when the joint forces came under fire from several locations as they approached a compound in the region.
The NATO alliance has confirmed the death of the baby and expressed regret for what it called a tragic loss of innocent life.
General Stanley McChrystal, the commander of US and NATO troops in Afghanistan, is expected to issue a new directive on night raids in the near future.
The fact that Afghan civilian casualties are rising has become a major source of friction between Kabul and Washington.
Last week, thousands of Afghans protested against civilian casualties caused by the US-led forces' actions.
PressTV
Baby killers to boot.
posted by madtom at 9:35 PM
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mistakes happen the taliban intentielly kill innocent people
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