US raid ‘killed 30 civilians’
9/10/08
An inquiry by the US military says US air strikes on an Afghan village in August killed more than 30 civilians, far more than commanders have acknowledged, The New York Times reports. The August 22 air strike on Azizabad village outraged Afghans and opened up a rift between the coalition forces on the one hand and the Afghan government and the United Nations on the other, which both said more than 90 civilians were killed. In the days after the raid, the US military said the strike had killed 30 to 35 militants but it planned to reopen its investigation after cell phone video emerged showing bodies of people said to have been killed in the strike.
See: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24469161-12335,00.html
Tags: Afghanistan, Terrorism, USA