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NATO air strike kills 10 children in Afghanistan: officials
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/07/nato-air-strike-kills-10-children-in-afghanistan-officials/
NATO air strike kills 10 children in Afghanistan: officials
By Agence France-Presse
Sunday, April 7, 2013 12:37 EDT
A NATO air attack in eastern Afghanistan has killed 10 children, officials said Sunday, the latest case of civilian casualties which provoke great anger in the war-torn country.
The children were killed during a joint Afghan-NATO operation in the Shigal district of restive Kunar province bordering Pakistan late on Saturday.
An Afghan official involved in the operation who did not want to be named said air support was called in after local and coalition forces came under attack, resulting in the death of an American and injuries to several Afghan soldiers.
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Sayed Rahman, security commander of Shigal, said one women was also among the dead. “We have reports that 10 children and one woman have been killed in the air strike,” he said.