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Afghan cabinet: Airstrike kills at least 33
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February 22, 2010, Monday
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THE Afghan cabinet says at least 33 civilians are dead as the result of NATO airstrike in southern Afghanistan - an incident that is inflaming already heightened sensitivities over noncombatant casualties in the war.
In a statement released today, the Afghanistan Council of Ministers strongly condemned the airstrike, saying it was "unjustifiable."
The cabinet says initial reports indicate that NATO fired Sunday on a convoy of three vehicles killing at least 33 civilians, including four women and one child. The ministers say 12 others were injured while they were on their way to Kandahar.
NATO has confirmed that its planes fired on what it believed was a group of insurgents in southern Uruzgan province, but later discovered that women and children were hurt.
In a statement released today, the Afghanistan Council of Ministers strongly condemned the airstrike, saying it was "unjustifiable."
The cabinet says initial reports indicate that NATO fired Sunday on a convoy of three vehicles killing at least 33 civilians, including four women and one child. The ministers say 12 others were injured while they were on their way to Kandahar.
NATO has confirmed that its planes fired on what it believed was a group of insurgents in southern Uruzgan province, but later discovered that women and children were hurt.
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