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| Afghanistan |
| Afghans protest US killing of civilians |
| 2011-12-05 |
| Hundreds of Afghans have taken to the streets to protest against the recent missile attack by US-led forces which left at least eight civilians dead, Press TV reports. Protesters gathered in the streets of Tagab in Kapisa Province, chanting slogans against the Afghan government and foreign forces in the country. Angry protesters also demanded those responsible for the fatal attacks to be brought to justice. Local sources say the rockets were fired from a military base used jointly by Afghan and US-led NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... forces in the Heybat region of the northeastern province. According to a United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... report on Afghanistan issued on September 28, the monthly average number of security incidents recorded for the year through the end of August has climbed by nearly 40 percent. The report also said that civilian casualties, already at record levels in the first six months of the year, rose five percent between June and August 2011, compared to the same period in 2010. Insecurity continues to rise across Afghanistan despite the presence of nearly 150,000 US-led troops in the country. Thousands of Afghan civilians have been killed by US-led forces since the occupation of the country which began more than a decade ago. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 Taliban, somebody picked up the weapons. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2011-12-05 16:36 |
| #3 Afghan Taliban or their hangers-on? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-12-05 09:34 |
| #2 What kind of Afghans protests US killing of civiliands and doesn't protest Taliban's? |
| Posted by: JFM 2011-12-05 08:35 |
| #1 The Drones are proving effective in both AFPAK + now SOMALIA agz Al-Shabab. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-12-05 00:50 |