27 Afghani Civilians Walking to a Wedding Ceremony Killed by US Air Raid on Sunday, 15 Civilians Were Killed in a Friday Air Raid

Afghan officials: US missiles killed 27 civilians

7/6/2008, 12:17 p.m. EDT By AMIR SHAH and JASON STRAZIUSO The Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) —

Afghan officials said fighter aircraft battling Taliban fighters accidentally killed up to 27 Afghans walking to a wedding ceremony in eastern Afghanistan early Sunday, the second military attack in three days with reports of civilian deaths.

The U.S. military said its missiles only struck Taliban fighters.

President Hamid Karzai had already ordered an investigation into allegations that missiles from U.S. helicopters struck civilians on Friday in eastern Afghanistan, though the Defense Ministry said Sunday that attack on the Nuristan-Kunar border killed or wounded 20 Taliban fighters.

Afghan, US military claim dozens of Taliban casualties

Afghanistan News.Net
Sunday 6th July, 2008 (IANS)

More than 20 Taliban fighters were killed or injured during a clash and airstrike in eastern Kunar province while several other fighters were also killed in a US-led coalition operation, officials said Sunday.

The Afghan defence ministry said troops inflicted more than 20 casualties on the Taliban side in Baila and Nanglam area in the eastern province of Kunar.

'The (alleged Taliban fighters) were traveling in two vehicles when they were attacked by Afghan troops supported by NATO airstrikes,' it said.

The US military claimed to have killed an unspecified number of (alleged Taliban fighters) Sunday in Nangarhar province in the east.

'Intelligence revealed a large group of (alleged Taliban fighters) operating in Deh Bala district. Coalition forces identified them in a mountainous region and used precision airstrikes to kill them,' the US statement said.

Afghan government investigates part of US in raid

Afghanistan News.Net
Sunday 6th July, 2008

An air raid which killed 15 civilians on Friday, is being investigated by the government in Afghanistan.

The US army has insisted only Taliban fighters were killed in the attack in the north-eastern province of Nuristan.

The US Military has also denied any responsibility in the killing of at least eight women and children on Sunday.

A local doctor in the White Mountains on the Pakistan border said the people were killed in an intenational troop raid.

Emotions are running high in Afghanistan with local residents claiming international troops are not careful enough about selecting their targets.

Almost 700 civilians have been killed in the last six months in raids and attacks, 250 of them by international or Afghan troops.

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