Six civilians dead in Kandahar air strike by foreign forces

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Source: RAWA News

Locals said there was no Taliban in the area. They expressed their wonder why the foreign forces conducted the air strike.
By Basher Ahmad Nadem

KANDAHAR: Six people were killed and several others wounded in an air strike by foreign forces in Arghandab district of the volatile southern Kandahar province, residents said Thursday.

.............Abdul Wahid, a resident said, several gunship helicopters arrived in the area and suddenly started bombing their houses. He said till morning six dead bodies were retrieved from beneath the rubbles of the destroyed houses. He feared the death toll could be increased as residents were searching for bodies.

.............Some residents said the attack was carried out in the area of a tribal elder Pehlawan, who had raised a tribal force against Taliban militants.

Locals said there was no Taliban in the area. They expressed their wonder why the foreign forces conducted the air strike.

Read more: http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2009/09/24/six-civilians-dead-in-kandahar-air-strike-by-foreign-forces.html

[BunkerHill24]

1. I gather these civilian didn't get the memo

...that all Afghans are Taliban :sarcasm:

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2. It sounds like they bombed their ally.

That's so fucked up.

[BunkerHill24]

3. Yup!

The entire war effort is fucked up, imo.

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4. the houses of the enemies of tribal elder Pehlawan, would seem ...

the houses of the enemies of tribal elder Pehlawan, would seem
to be bad places to live.

don't visit there

[Kolesar]

5. 5 Taliban were killed and 15 other were injured in this air strike.

You forgot that part

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6. I reported the reporter's interview of residents.

What a policeman from elsewhere in the province says is of little interest. If he is not there, how can he comment on who was killed?