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Afghan leader says NATO air strike killed five civilians
Source: Reuters
Afghan leader says NATO air strike killed five civilians
By Dylan Welch
KABUL | Sun Oct 6, 2013 12:30pm EDT
(Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai criticized his NATO allies on Sunday over an air strike in the country's east that he said killed five civilians, including three children.
The strike on Friday followed a mortar attack on a joint NATO-Afghan base near a village just outside Jalalabad city, NATO and local officials said.
Civilian casualties are straining the relationship between Karzai and his international backers just as Washington tries to finalize a vital security pact with Kabul.
"President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned the NATO air strike in which he says five civilians, including three students aged 10, 14 and 16, were killed in eastern Nangarhar province on Friday night," a statement from Karzai's palace said.
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By Dylan Welch
KABUL | Sun Oct 6, 2013 12:30pm EDT
(Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai criticized his NATO allies on Sunday over an air strike in the country's east that he said killed five civilians, including three children.
The strike on Friday followed a mortar attack on a joint NATO-Afghan base near a village just outside Jalalabad city, NATO and local officials said.
Civilian casualties are straining the relationship between Karzai and his international backers just as Washington tries to finalize a vital security pact with Kabul.
"President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned the NATO air strike in which he says five civilians, including three students aged 10, 14 and 16, were killed in eastern Nangarhar province on Friday night," a statement from Karzai's palace said.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/06/us-afghanistan-nato-airstrike-idUSBRE9950BZ20131006
