by REUTERS
The New York Times
HERAT, Afghanistan(Reuters) — American-led coalition forces killed 76 Afghan civilians in western Afghanistan on Friday, most of them children, the Afghan Interior Ministry said.
The coalition denied killing civilians, and some Afghan officials gave a substantially lower death toll than did their colleagues at the Interior Ministry. But civilian deaths in military operations have become a charged issue among Afghans. Many of them feel international forces take too little care when launching airstrikes, undermining support for their presence here. Read the rest of this entry »
