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NATO airstrike kills 8 women
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September 17, 2012, Monday
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THE International Security Assistance Force, as the US-led coalition is known, said that eight civilians had been killed and expressed its regret over the airstrike. It insisted known insurgents had been the target.
"ISAF takes full responsibility for this tragedy," a statement said.
Earlier Afghan officials said a NATO airstrike killed eight women and girls who were out gathering firewood before dawn yesterday in a remote region on the east of the country, fueling a long-standing grievance against a tactic used by international forces that Afghans say causes excessive civilian casualties.
Villagers from a remote part of Laghman province's Alingar district drove the bodies to the provincial capital, claiming they were killed by NATO aircraft while they were out gathering firewood before dawn.
"They were shouting 'Death to America!' They were condemning the attack," said Laghman provincial government spokesman Sarhadi Zewak.
Four bodies, covered in blankets, were seen by a journalist at the governor's office in the provincial capital, Mehterlam.
Seven injured females were also brought to hospitals for treatment, some of them as young as 10 years old, said provincial health director Latif Qayumi.
NATO forces said the strike killed 45 insurgents.
"ISAF takes full responsibility for this tragedy," a statement said.
Earlier Afghan officials said a NATO airstrike killed eight women and girls who were out gathering firewood before dawn yesterday in a remote region on the east of the country, fueling a long-standing grievance against a tactic used by international forces that Afghans say causes excessive civilian casualties.
Villagers from a remote part of Laghman province's Alingar district drove the bodies to the provincial capital, claiming they were killed by NATO aircraft while they were out gathering firewood before dawn.
"They were shouting 'Death to America!' They were condemning the attack," said Laghman provincial government spokesman Sarhadi Zewak.
Four bodies, covered in blankets, were seen by a journalist at the governor's office in the provincial capital, Mehterlam.
Seven injured females were also brought to hospitals for treatment, some of them as young as 10 years old, said provincial health director Latif Qayumi.
NATO forces said the strike killed 45 insurgents.
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