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Monday, May 28, 2012

A NATO strikes have killed eight civilians in Afghanistan


Eight members of an Afghan family, including six women and two teenagers, were killed in an air raid conducted by NATO in Paktia province in the east, officials said Sunday local authorities. The NATO-led coalition said however that she had no proof that the strikes have killed civilians. According Rohullah Samon, spokesman for the governor of Paktia province, the air strike that was fatal to these eight civilians was not coordinated with the Afghan army forces in the field.

A major sticking point again sensitized

The victims were killed late Saturday night in this province, where soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) under NATO command, and the Afghan army fight the insurgents Taliban and Haqqani network of fighters. "Typing of the ISAF killed four teenagers, two girls and two women and injured two others," said Rohullah Samon. A spokesman for ISAF said that the information was being checked, but he had "not yet seen evidence that there are civilian casualties." Civilian casualties are the One of the major points of friction between the government of President Hamid Karzai and ISAF forces. A NATO airstrike in Kapisa province, northeast of Kabul, killed eight children in February, angering President Hamid Karzai ordered an investigation. NATO prepares to leave the forces Afghan full responsibility for security in their country while most foreign troops must be repatriated by the end of 2014. The ISAF also announced that four foreign soldiers were killed Saturday in southern Afghanistan.She did not disclose their nationality.

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