AFGHANISTAN: Air strikes killed about 40 civilians: Afghan president
Posted by warvictims on November 5, 2008
by AFP
KABUL (AFP) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Wednesday around 40 civilians, including women and children, were killed in international air strikes that hit a village in southern Afghanistan.
The president “condemned the air strike which killed around 40 and wounded another 28 civilians in Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar province,” a statement from his office said.
Villagers had earlier said around 36 civilians were killed in Monday’s strike, which hit a wedding party, but Afghan authorities had refused to give the number of casualties.
Source: http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g-WB66l9IpW08NyqHe1cDmURDlYw
