Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Afghanistan, air strikes, children, Civilian Casualties, Helmand, ISAF, Nato, US forces on May 29, 2011 |
REUTERS | Abdul Malek
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan | Sun May 29, 2011 8:35pm IST
An air strike called in by NATO-led troops in southern Afghanistan killed 12 children and two women, Afghan officials said on Sunday, one of the worst civilian death tolls by foreign forces in months. (more…)
Posted in Afghanistan, Displacement, Insurgents, Internal Displaced Persons, Middle-East, NATO/Allies, tagged Afghanistan, IDPs, ISAF, NATO allies, us military on April 26, 2011 |
IRIN
21 April, 2011
KABUL, 21 April 2011 (IRIN) – One irony of the current security situation in Afghanistan is that foreign forces, whose ostensible aim is to protect civilians while fighting the Taliban, may be responsible – directly or indirectly – for the bulk of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the country, whose number is rising. (more…)
Posted in Afghanistan, Air Strike, Central Asia, Civilian Casualties, Insurgents, ISAF, NATO/Allies, Uncategorized, tagged airstrike, Civilian Casualties, Insurgents, ISAF, Nato on April 20, 2011 |
AFP
20 April 2011
ASADABAD: A child was among three civilians who died in a Nato air strike in eastern Afghanistan which also killed 14 insurgents, local officials said Wednesday.
The attack by the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) happened late Tuesday in the Dangam district of Kunar province, provincial governor Fazlullah Wahidi told AFP. (more…)
Posted in Afghanistan, Central Asia, Civilian Casualties, Compensation, Editorial, Insurgents, ISAF, Military, NATO/Allies, United States, tagged Afghanistan, Civilian Casualties, human rights violations afghanistan, innocent civilians, innocent victims, ISAF, Military, Nato, us military on April 11, 2011 |
By: Malalai Joya
April 10, 2011
The disgusting and heartbreaking photos published in March by the media are finally bringing the grisly truth about the war in Afghanistan to a wider public.
All the PR about this war being about democracy and human rights melts into thin air with these pictures of US soldiers posing with the dead and mutilated bodies of innocent Afghan civilians.
I must report that Afghans do not believe this be a story of a few rogue soldiers. We that is part and parcel of the entire military occupation. (more…)
Posted in Afghanistan, Central Asia, Civilian Casualties, Fact Finding, Government, Gunfire, Insurgents, ISAF, Military, NATO/Allies, tagged Afghanistan, Civilian Casualties, ISAF, Military, Nato, President Hamid Karzai on April 11, 2011 |
By: Sally Sara
April 10, 2011
Afghan president Hamid Karzai has condemned the killing of five civilians during a raid by NATO forces.
An Afghan government investigation has found the five civilians were killed in an offensive by coalition troops in the northern province of Sari Pul on Monday.
The local provincial governor said at the time that those killed were civilians, but the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said they were insurgents.
The Afghan president then ordered an investigation by provincial officials. (more…)
