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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