Just got this press release from U.S. Forces-Afghanistan:
KABUL, Afghanistan – Coalition Forces are aware of the allegation of non-combatant casualties in Khowst District, Khowst Province, and are conducting a joint investigation.
“We take the safety of Afghan citizens very seriously, and we will immediately investigate to get to the
A U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan’s Herat Province yesterday killed an insurgent leader named Ghulam Yahya Akbari. Today, the U.S. military command in Afghanistan sent out a press release about the steps that U.S. and Afghan officials are taking to respond to reports of Afghan civilian casualties. U.S. troops are More…
A new United Nations report found that civilian deaths increased in Afghanistan by 40 percent in 2008. That’s a death toll of more than 2100 civilians due to war-related activities in one year. Something like 55 percent of those casualties are attributable to the Taliban-led insurgency, meaning a More…
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