Local official: NATO airstrike kills two militants, Afghan child
Mar 23, 2011, 12:13 GMT
Kabul - A NATO airstrike killed two suspected militants and a child Wednesday in the south-eastern Afghan province of Khost, a local official said.
The adults were killed when a NATO aircraft hit their motorbike on a road in the Sabari district, said Mubarez Mohammad Zadran, spokesman for the provincial governor.
A civilian vehicle driving behind the motorbike was also caught in the explosion, he said, adding 'One child inside the car was killed, and two civilian men and one woman were injured.'
NATO was not immediately available for comment.
Civilian casualties at the hand of international troops have been a sensitive issue in Afghanistan. Such deaths have caused friction between the Afghan government and its Western military allies.
Dozens of civilians have been killed in US-led operations in recent months, according to Afghan officials. The deaths included nine children in the south-eastern province of Kunar and President Hamid Karzai's cousin in his hometown of Kandahar.
The recent killings of children prompted Karzai to lash out at the foreign troops and demand a halt to the operations that carry the risk of hurting civilians. US official, including President Barack Obama, offered apologies after that incident.

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There ya go. Killing them faster than you can count them. How proud the warmongers must be of their record. While they kill children in foreign lands, they force their own women to have babies they don't want. Such is the nature of fundamenta lism and the double standards of the empire.
There ya go. Killing them faster than you can count them. How proud the warmongers must be of their record. While they kill children in foreign lands, they force their own women to have babies they don't want. Such is the nature of fundamenta

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