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Afghanistan
Rocket kills 8 children in Afghanistan
2010-09-20
[Iran Press TV] Eight children have lost their lives after the rocket round they were playing with exploded in the northern Afghan province of Konduz.

The incident happened in Ali Abad district of Konduz. Seven of the children were killed on the spot and another one died on the way to hospital.

It is not known whether the rocket was fired by militants or US led foreign forces.

There are vast minefields left in the country since the Soviet invasion three decades ago. Unexploded mines have left thousands of Afghans dead and incapacitated over the years.

Rights groups say children are the biggest victims of the war in Afghanistan.

The incident comes one day after a US airstrike reportedly left 70 people dead in southeastern Afghan province of Paktia.
Tell us, O Iran PressTV reporter, were most of those seventy dead civilian shields, or all jihadis? We know how careful American airstrikes are, quite unlike the mines that litter the Afghan landscape or the jihadi rockets sent up barely aimed. and so we think it unlikely the dead were only random children.
Since the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, a considerable number of civilians have lost their lives in US-led air and ground operations.

The loss of civilian lives at the hand of foreign forces has dramatically increased anti-American sentiments in Afghanistan, causing thousands of Afghans to protest against US-led military presence in the country.
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