7 mistaken identity boys killed
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February 7, 2010, Sunday
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SEVEN Afghan boys were shot dead yesterday by police who mistook them for insurgents, a provincial police official said.
The boys were collecting firewood when police opened fire on them in the border town of Spin Boldak, southern Kandahar Province, said Abdul Raziq, the town's police commander.
The police had been detained and were being questioned, he said.
Spin Boldak has been an entry point for Pakistani insurgents who infiltrate Afghanistan to attack the government and foreign forces.
The killing of civilians is a sensitive issue and President Hamid Karzai has repeatedly warned that such deaths sap support for his administration and for the presence of 115,000 foreign troops.
The boys were collecting firewood when police opened fire on them in the border town of Spin Boldak, southern Kandahar Province, said Abdul Raziq, the town's police commander.
The police had been detained and were being questioned, he said.
Spin Boldak has been an entry point for Pakistani insurgents who infiltrate Afghanistan to attack the government and foreign forces.
The killing of civilians is a sensitive issue and President Hamid Karzai has repeatedly warned that such deaths sap support for his administration and for the presence of 115,000 foreign troops.
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