A local investigation has discovered that 27 civilians were killed in NATO-led air strikes in northeast Afghanistan, | “We investigated the incident and found that 27 civilians and 37 Taliban were killed,” the governor told AFP. Three of the militants killed were Arab and two were Pakistani, he added. |
a provincial governor said on Wednesday, as Taliban guerrillas killed three policemen in an ambush on a convoy of US-led troops.
The villagers were killed during last week’s strikes in Kunar province that targeted suspected militants at a funeral and a house, said Governor Shalizai Didar, citing the results of his local government probe. He said 37 Taliban-led militants were also killed in strikes on Thursday and Friday in the province’s Watapour district. “We investigated the incident and found that 27 civilians and 37 Taliban were killed,” the governor told AFP. Three of the militants killed were Arab and two were Pakistani, he added. |