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| Afghanistan: NATO Air Strike Kills 11 Children | |
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| Topic Started: Apr 17 2013, 10:04 AM (324 Views) | |
| Anastasia Beaverhausen | Apr 17 2013, 10:04 AM Post #1 |
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KABUL, Afghanistan A fierce battle between U.S.-backed Afghan forces and Taliban militants in a remote corner of eastern Afghanistan left nearly 20 people dead, including 11 Afghan children killed in an airstrike and an American civilian adviser, officials said Sunday. The fighting along a main infiltration route from Pakistan on Saturday was indicative of a surge in hostilities as Afghanistan's spring fighting season gets underway. This year's will be closely watched because Afghan forces are having to contend with less support from the international military coalition, making it a test case of their ability to take on the country's resilient insurgency. The U.S.-led coalition confirmed that it launched airstrikes in Kunar province where the deaths occurred, stressing that they were requested by international forces. The coalition said it was assessing the incident, but could not confirm that civilians were killed. The battle unfolded on Saturday, the same day that a total of six Americans, including three U.S. soldiers, died in violent attacks. In addition to the U.S. adviser killed during the operation in the east, two others - a female foreign service officer with the U.S. State Department and an employee with the U.S. Defense Department - died in a suicide bombing in southern Zabul province during a trip to donate books to Afghan students. The deaths capped one of the bloodiest weeks of the nearly 12-year-old war. On Wednesday, insurgents ambushed a courthouse in the relatively safe west, killing more than 46 people. The death of Afghan civilians caught in the crossfire has been a major point of contention between international forces and the Afghan government. Earlier this year, Afghan President Hamid Karzai banned his troops from requesting coalition airstrikes. full article http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/07/nato-air-strike-kills-children-nato-afghanistan_n_3033407.html |
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| Anastasia Beaverhausen | Apr 17 2013, 10:18 AM Post #2 |
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I'm posting this for the reason that, TBH sometimes we see news though "tunnel vision", as JT sings. That was just 10 days ago... but feels like that happened on the other planet, where war is as usual as sunrise, isn't it. Though that was as horrifying and completely inhuman as Boston explosions. |
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| thesmu | Apr 17 2013, 01:05 PM Post #3 |
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So disgusting
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I agree. A friend of mine posted something very similar on facebook. If it doesn't happen to 'people like us' we don't care. |
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