Nato raid kills at least 33 Afghan civilians

Al Jazeera, Feb 22, 2010

Uruzgan is policed by Dutch soldiers whose imminent departure poses a challenge to Nato [AFP] Aghanistan government officials say at least 33 civilians have been killed by a Nato air attack on a convoy of vehicles in Uruzgan, a province in the country’s south. Nato confirmed that it fired on Sunday on a group of vehicles that it believed contained fighters, only to discover later that women and children were in the cars. Isaf, Nato’s force in Afghanistan, did not provide a figure of how many died. Earlier, Amanullah Hothaki, the head of the provincial council for Uruzgan, said 19 people were killed in the attack, which hit three minibuses as they drove down a main road. A 15,000-strong joint force of Afghan, Nato and US troops is battling the Taliban in Marjah, a town in neighbouring Helmand province, where the fighters have been in control for years. Continues >>

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