KABUL, March 7 (Xinhua)– Hundreds of Afghans came to the street in Khost, the capital of Khost province in east Afghanistan on Saturday to protest against what they called arbitrary killing of civilians by international troops.
The protesters who brought four bodies to the street said that the troops at mid night entered two houses outside the Khost city and killed four persons and took away five others.
“The U.S. soldiers entered two houses in Shiga village outside the Khost city at 3 a.m. today and after killing four innocent people arrested five others,” Talawat Khan, owner of the raided house told Xinhua.
Meantime, an official with the press department of the international troops in east Afghanistan denied killing the civilians but confirmed the operation in a village saying the troops returned fire after coming under attacks.
Harming civilians during operations against Taliban insurgents has strained the relations between Kabul and Washington and President Hamid Karzai has repeatedly called on the troops to coordinate operation with Afghan troops in order to avoid civilian casualties.
| Editor: Yao |
Tags: Afghanistan, US soldiers, Afghan protersters, killing Afghan civilains
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