Afghan strike 'kills civilians'

[Eugene]

Source: BBC News

Page last updated at 17:19 GMT, Thursday, 16 October 2008 18:19 UK

Afghan strike 'kills civilians'

At least 18 civilians have been killed in an air strike by
foreign forces in the southern Afghan province of Helmand,
reports say.

A BBC reporter in the provincial capital Lashkar Gah saw
the bodies - three women and the rest children - ranging in
age from six months to 15.

The families brought the bodies from their village in the
Nad Ali district, where they say the air strike occurred.

A further nine bodies are said to be trapped under
destroyed buildings.

Nato-led forces say they are investigating the incident in
an area where the British military are known to operate.

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Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7674435.stm

[annunakigohome]

1. We need to get the hell out of Afghanistan: no more troops, no more tragedy!

The opium production is off the charts while we occupy that country...Hmm...

[stillcool]

2. always looking to make a killing..

one way or the other. I wonder when we will start to see the rise in overdoses?

[annunakigohome]

3. I have heard that heroin is dirt cheap...same with coke

Cheaper than pot these days...And first we had NAFTA, then CAFTA, and now they are pushing free trade for South America. Hmm...

[xchrom]

4. recommend

[Doctor_J]

5. Since last week's report described Afghanistan as "complete chaos",

this is hardly a surprise. Bring them home

[Supersedeas]

6. winning hearts and minds one dead child at a time?

[ohio2007]

8. 30 civilians killed in attack

I don't think Barack will allow the Taliban to rule Afghanistan again without addressing and making a few demands concerning their human rights records during their reign when they originally overthrew the country in the 90's

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – Taliban militants stopped a bus traveling on Afghanistan's main highway through a dangerous part of the country's south, seized about 50 people on board and killed around 30 of them, officials said Sunday.

A Taliban spokesman took responsibility for the attack but claimed to have killed 27 Afghan army soldiers. Afghan officials said no soldiers were aboard and all the victims were civilians.Militants stopped the bus traveling in a two-bus convoy in a Taliban-controlled area about 40 miles west of Kandahar, said provincial police chief Matiullah Khan.
He said two buses had been traveling together, and the militants had tried to stop the first one but failed. He said the insurgents fired at the first bus, killing a child on board.

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"The Taliban want to hide the news that they arrested and killed innocent Afghan civilians," Khan said, dismissing their claim the victims were soldiers.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081019/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan

The Taliban;
Repressing hearts and minds since 1992

[machI]

7. Kick