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NATO apologizes for deaths in Afghan airstrike

Afghan Civilian Deaths

The top commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan offered a somber apology on Friday in an eastern province where officials say 18 civilians — half of them children — were killed in a coalition airstrike this week.

 

Afghan Official Says NATO Airstrike Killed 14 Civilians

Afghan Official Says NATO Airstrike Killed 14 Civilians

Afghan officials said Sunday that a NATO airstrike killed 14 civilians, all of them women and children, in the southern province of Helmand on Saturday night. Local officials said the strike was aimed at Taliban fighters and missed. NATO said it was investigating.

 

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