Civilians 'killed in Nato raid'

[Eugene]

Source: BBC News

Last Updated: Monday, 15 October 2007, 12:23 GMT 13:23 UK

Civilians 'killed in Nato raid'

Three civilians were killed and seven injured when Nato
planes attacked insurgents outside Kabul on Sunday, a
senior Afghan police officer says.

The deputy chief of police of Wardak province said Nato
called in air support after militants had ambushed a
convoy of international peacekeepers.

He said the air attack left five insurgents dead and
three civilians, including a husband and wife.

Nato said it had no information about the incident.

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Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7045091.stm

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Source: Reuters

Fourteen foreign troops wounded in Afghan ambush
Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:40 AM EDT

KABUL (Reuters) - Fourteen troops from the NATO-led
force in Afghanistan were wounded in a Taliban ambush
southwest of the capital Kabul, a spokesman for the
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said on
Monday.

The troops came under fire during a patrol in the province
of Wardak, immediately southwest of Kabul, on Sunday.
The troops called in air support, but there was no word
on Taliban casualties and no reports that any civilians
had been hurt in the fighting, the spokesman said.

Turkish troops make up most of the ISAF contingent in
Wardak, which has seen escalating violence in the last
year as Taliban militants have spread their influence
northwards from their traditional strongholds of support
in the south.


Link: http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2007-10-15T124004Z_01_B439244_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-AFGHAN-VIOLENCE-COL.XML

[High Plains]

1. Afghan lives matter little to NATO and the US

We're always killing civilians and saying the Taliban "made me do it."

They will try to kill us until we leave.

[Eugene]

2. Update BBC link: Nato troops hurt in Taleban clash (NATO: no evidence of civilian casualties)

Source: BBC News

Last Updated: Tuesday, 16 October 2007, 11:25 GMT 12:25 UK

Nato troops hurt in Taleban clash
By Alastair Leithead
BBC News, Kabul

At least 12 Nato troops have been injured in a single
clash with the Taleban close to Kabul on Sunday, it
has emerged.

The International Security Assistance Force (Isaf)
said there was no evidence that civilians were killed
or injured in an air strike during the fighting.

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"I'm not saying it's 100% out of the realms of
possibility, but we have still not found anything up
to this point that would lead us to believe there
were any civilian casualties on the ground," Maj
Anthony said.

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Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7045091.stm