Thirteen more civilians killed in coalition raid in Afghanistan

In the Maroof district of southern Kandahar province coalition forces bombed an area where they thought Taliban forces might be. They killed thirteen innocent Afghanis, bringing the total to seventy in the week.

No wonder that people are demonstrating in the country’s capital. That’s the least you would do if a bunch of foreigners were flying round your neighborhood bombing indiscriminately.

Spin Boldak: At least 13 civilians were killed in a bombing raid by US-led forces battling the Taliban, an Afghan official said on Friday, bringing to 70 the number of such deaths reported this week.

The rising toll of civilian casualties will put further pressure on President Hamid Karzai, who warned this week of serious consequences for all if the bloodshed did not stop.

The civilians were killed in bombing on Tuesday night in the Maroof district of southern Kandahar province, said Janan Gulzai a provincial assembly member.

“I saw all the victims are civilians,” said Gulzai, who was a member of a government team investigating the incident. “We cannot accept the killing of Afghan civilians by anyone….

Posted by Watson

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