NATO Investigating Afghan Civilian Deaths

Team Infidel

Forum Spin Doctor
Washington Post
May 5, 2007
Pg. 14


KABUL -- NATO is looking into reports that dozens of civilians died in clashes and airstrikes in western Afghanistan, its top commander in the country said in a statement Friday, but Gen. Dan McNeill insisted that only fighters were targeted.
The U.S.-led military coalition in Afghanistan has said international and Afghan troops killed 136 suspected Taliban fighters in the Zerkoh Valley of Herat province last week. But an investigation by Afghan officials has found that 51 civilians died, prompting President Hamid Karzai to warn that Afghans can no longer accept such losses.
 
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