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The military made the admission on Saturday, after originally saying that 15 opposition fighters had been killed in the strike in the Gozara district of Herat province.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/02/200922115299177143.html



Afghans protest civilian killing, arrests: police

Hundreds of Afghans blocked a key road outside Kabul for several hours on Saturday to protest the alleged killing of a civilian in an international military operation, police said.

http://tinyurl.com/bgrm2e


From Information Clearing House

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US: 13 Civilians Killed in Afghan Operation

Jason Straziuso, The Associated Press: "US military airstrikes in western Afghanistan killed 13 Afghan civilians and only three militants, the US said Saturday, three days after an American general traveled to the site to investigate. Civilian casualties have been a huge source of friction between the US and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who has stepped up demands that US and NATO operations kill no civilians and that Afghan soldiers take part in the missions to help prevent unwanted deaths."

http://www.truthout.org/022109A



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