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Afghan government and foreign military officials sparred Tuesday over reports that 10 civilians died during a military operation - claims that further inflamed public sentiment against the international military presence.

http://www.kentucky.com/524/story/1075936.html



Afghans condemn US for 10 'civilian deaths'

"Obama! Obama! Take your soldiers out of Afghanistan!" the protesters chanted, wearing blue headbands with the words: "Stop killing us!"

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/12/200912281348623886.html



Afghans turn to Taleban justice as insurgents set up shadow government

Corruption and incompetence in President Karzai's Government - particularly at local level - have forced a growing number of people to seek the services of the Taleban.

http://snipurl.com/tx6hh



Western troops accused of executing 10 Afghan civilians, including children

By Jerome Starkey in Kabul

American-led troops were accused yesterday of dragging innocent children from their beds and shooting them during a night raid that left ten people dead.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24290.htm



NATO airstrikes kill eight Afghan civilians

At least eight civilians have been killed in the latest airstrikes by NATO forces in southern Afghanistan, witnesses say. The attacks took place in Nadali district of Helmand province on Wednesday, Afghan witnesses told Press TV on Thursday.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=115037&sectionid=351020403



Another 7 civilians killed in S. Afghanistan

"NATO-led troops carried out air strike outside Helmand's provincial capital Lashkargah on Wednesday, killing seven civilians and wounding two others," spokesman for provincial administration Daud Ahmadi told Xinhua.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-12/31/content_12736619.htm



Afghan civilian death prompts anti-US rallies

The protestors chanted "death to Obama" and "death to foreign forces." The demonstrators also torched a US flag and an effigy of US President Barack Obama.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=115051&sectionid=351020403



Yankee go home: Hundreds of Afghans rally against NATO occupation forces

Hundreds of people, mostly students rallied in central Kabul and eastern Nangarhar provinces against the killing of civilians in foreign forces operations.

http://pakobserver.net/201001/04/news/topstories17.asp


From Information Clearing House

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Afghan Panel Says U.S. Strike Killed 8 Schoolboys
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/12/30-5

Afghan Attacks Highlights Role of CIA, Covert Forces
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/01/01-5



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