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News Source: Press TV
| about 1 year ago
The US-led coalition however denied the remarks, saying only militants were killed in the attack. "It was not a wedding party, there were no women or children present. We have no reports of civilian casualties," coalition media officer Captain...
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News Source: BBC South Asia
| about 1 year ago
The US says those killed were militants involved in previous mortar attacks on Nato base, but local people say the group was a wedding party. Meanwhile Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered an investigation into a missile attack by US helicopters...
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News Source: Turkish Press
| about 1 year ago
An Afghan district governor said 22 people, most of them women and children, were killed Sunday when US-led coalition air strikes hit a wedding party in eastern Afghanistan, but the force insisted only militants were killed. "I confirm that 22 people,...
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News Source: Canada.com
| about 1 year ago
Coalition ground troops called in support from attack helicopters after militants fired at an outpost in the northeastern province of Nuristan on Friday, the U.S. military said. "The helicopter crews coordinated with ground forces to positively...
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News Source: The Frontier Post
| about 1 year ago
Nuristani earlier visited the Waigal district, where the civilian casualties occurred in the latest imprecise bombing, to meet tribal and religious leaders to condole the deaths and restore their confidence in the government...The Nuristan Provincial...
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News Source: The Frontier Post
| about 1 year ago
The US military said air strikes by its attack helicopters hit two vehicles carrying insurgents in eastern Afghanistan. Afghan officials said civilians were travelling in the vehicles. Nathan Perry, a spokesman for the US-led coalition, said the air...
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News Source: Simi Valley - Moorpark Examiner
| about 1 year ago
Afghanistan 's president has ordered an investigation into allegations that missiles from U.S. helicopters struck civilians, though the Ministry of Defense said Sunday that the attack killed or wounded 20 militants. President Hamid Karzai ordered the...
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News Source: Daily News
| about 1 year ago
Gunmen in a dangerous part of southern Afghanistan assassinated an Afghan lawmaker, while a roadside bomb militants were planting detonated prematurely, killing 10 Taliban, officials said Saturday. The gunmen killed parliament member and former...
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News Source: Chicago Tribune
| about 1 year ago
A suicide car bomber targeting German troops wounded three schoolgirls in northern Afghanistan on Sunday, the deputy provincial police chief said. The bomber rammed a Toyota saloon car into a German military vehicle 15 km west of the city of Kunduz,...
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News Source: Chicago-Sun Times
| about 1 year ago
he U.S. military said airstrikes by its attack helicopters hit two vehicles carrying insurgents in eastern Afghanistan. The province's governor said 22 civilians, including a woman and a child, were killed. A spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition said...