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US air strikes kill 47 Afghan civilian

Source: Press TV

Kabul : Afghanistan | about 1 year ago

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A nine-member team, appointed by President Hamid Karzai to investigate the incident, found that only civilians had been killed in the strike on the remote Deh Bala district, AFP reported Friday. "We found that 47 civilians, mostly women and children, were killed in the air strikes and...

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