Nato Issues Apology For Bungled Afghan Airstrike -- The Telegraph
A senior Nato general has issued a “heartfelt apology” after helicopters killed women and children in a bungled airstrike in Helmand Province.
he international coalition admitted the deaths hours after Hamid Karzai had given America a “final warning” to change its tactics and avoid killing civilians.
A statement said aircraft, which locals said were helicopters, fired into a house where insurgents had fled after killing a United States Marine.
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Nato apologises for air strike on Afghan civilians -- BBC
ISAF apologises for Afghan civilian deaths -- Sydney Morning Herald
Civilians Are Killed In Airstrike By NATO -- New York Times
Afghan civilians reported killed in Helmand air strike -- The Guardian
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More News On NATO's Airstrike That Killed 9 - 14 Afghan Civilians
Nato apologises for air strike on Afghan civilians -- BBC
ISAF apologises for Afghan civilian deaths -- Sydney Morning Herald
Civilians Are Killed In Airstrike By NATO -- New York Times
Afghan civilians reported killed in Helmand air strike -- The Guardian
Nato apologises for air strike on Afghan civilians -- BBC
ISAF apologises for Afghan civilian deaths -- Sydney Morning Herald
Civilians Are Killed In Airstrike By NATO -- New York Times
Afghan civilians reported killed in Helmand air strike -- The Guardian
Karzai Warns NATO After 14 Civilians Killed in Afghanistan Airstrike -- Voice of America
My Comment: With the opium cultivation season ending .... and the fighting season beginning .... I expect casualty rates to increase, especially since repports are now indicating that Taliban insurgents are using human shields in their operations as the above airstrike can testify.
ISAF apologises for Afghan civilian deaths -- Sydney Morning Herald
Civilians Are Killed In Airstrike By NATO -- New York Times
Afghan civilians reported killed in Helmand air strike -- The Guardian
Karzai Warns NATO After 14 Civilians Killed in Afghanistan Airstrike -- Voice of America
My Comment: With the opium cultivation season ending .... and the fighting season beginning .... I expect casualty rates to increase, especially since repports are now indicating that Taliban insurgents are using human shields in their operations as the above airstrike can testify.