US air-strike kills 12 Afghan civilians
Thursday, 29 November 2007
JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Nov 28 (Reuters): United States (US) air-strikes killed 12 civilian road workers in eastern Afghanistan, a provincial governor said Wednesday, an incident bound to fuel Afghan resentment against the presence of international forces.
NATO has tightened procedures for launching air-strikes after Afghan President Hamid Karzai warned of rising anger over mounting civilian casualties, but military commanders say some civilian deaths are almost inevitable in any conflict
NATO has tightened procedures for launching air-strikes after Afghan President Hamid Karzai warned of rising anger over mounting civilian casualties, but military commanders say some civilian deaths are almost inevitable in any conflict