US/NATO troops kills Afghan civilians again

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They can’t defeat the mujahideen, just like the soviets they resort to killing civilians. This is the army some amongst us support. Shabash.

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A raid by US-led troops has killed two women and a child in southern Afghanistan amid rising public opposition to the presence of foreign forces there.

NATO officials said the victims were killed on Friday when their vehicle came under fire as they were traveling on a highway in Zabul province, AFP reported.

Two others have reportedly been injured in the attack in the southern province, where American troops make up the bulk of the NATO contingent.

On Thursday, a civilian was killed when foreign troops attacked the home of a member of parliament in eastern Afghanistan.

A report by the UN earlier said over 2,400 civilians were killed in Afghanistan in 2009, the largest number of civilian toll since the 2001 US-led invasion of the country.

The United States and its allies claim militant hideouts are being targeted in their military operations.

Washington, however, has been facing a growing anti-US sentiment in Afghanistan as most of the attacks result in heavy civilian casualties.

The 126,000-strong foreign presence in the country has so far failed to stabilize Afghanistan and bring peace and security to the war-torn country.
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Re: US/NATO troops kills Afghan civilians again

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**France admits killing Afghan kids **

The French army has admitted killing four children with a missile strike in a Taliban-controlled area of Afghanistan.
“This happened on April 6, but it only came out today because, according to French military spokesman, it took that long to carry out the investigation,” Al Jazeera’s Hoda Abdel Hamid, reporting from Kabul, said on Thursday.
The children died when French soldiers fired a missile from a military base in Kapisa province after it came under attack from the Taliban.
“They say that they held their positions for about an hour to figure out where the fire was coming from, before they were ordered to launch a tele-guided Milan missile which is quite precise,” Abdel Hamid said.
A French military spokesman confirmed that deaths occurred when the troops returned fire, but said that the troops had not realised that there were civilians in the area.
“We are expecting a lot of outrage from Afghan people and officials in response to this incident,” Abdel Hamid said.
“Attacks like this, where civilians die, are perfect for Taliban propaganda,” she added.