Karzai says air strike kills 40 in Afghanistan

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

Karzai says air strike kills 40 in Afghanistan
9 mins ago

KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Wednesday an air strike by coalition forces earlier this week killed some 40 civilians and wounded about 28 in Kandahar province.

Karzai called on U.S. President-elect Barack Obama to make it his priority to stop the killing of civilians.

Scores of Afghans have been killed in U.S. air strikes this year, leading to resentment against the presence of foreign troops and a rift between Karzai and his Western backers.

The air strike took place on Monday in the Shah Wali Kot district in the southern Taliban heartland of Kandahar province.

"By bombing Afghanistan, the war against terrorism cannot be won," Karzai told a news conference.



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[shadowknows69]

1. I'll be one of the first to say that we need to make clear to President Obama

That the war on terror isn't worth fighting if we have to remain terrorists ourselves in the world's eyes.

[pleah]

2. We have to end these wars as soon as possible. n/t

[scratchy]

3. Move along nothing to see here

Go shake your booty somewhere else, just some dead terrorists here.

[maxsolomon]

4. the way we're fighting isn't smart

hearts & minds, hearts & minds.