NATO Kills Five Civilians in Afghanistan
Kabul, Oct 5 (Prensa Latina) In an unusual public denunciation, Afghan authorities blamed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) of the death of five civilians during an air raid in the eastern province of Nangahar.
The local press even made public two more versions of the event, one of the occupying coalition, which denied the attack, and one of the rebels, which noted the death toll reached six.
Reports underline that the deceased aged from 12 to 20 years and were hunting in a region of the province.
NATO spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Will Griffin pointed that, however, it was a precision attack and investigations are already underway.
The civil death toll in the Afghan conflict in 2013 reaches from 1,000 to 2,000, according to official and rebel forces.
Source http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1926281&Itemid=1
Reports underline that the deceased aged from 12 to 20 years and were hunting in a region of the province.
NATO spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Will Griffin pointed that, however, it was a precision attack and investigations are already underway.
The civil death toll in the Afghan conflict in 2013 reaches from 1,000 to 2,000, according to official and rebel forces.
Source http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1926281&Itemid=1
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