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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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
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.