From Reuters, Saturday:
'Angry Afghans set fire to tyres and blocked roads in the Surkh Road district of Nangahar province on Friday, demanding an explanation for the deaths.Witnesses told Al Jazeera that between nine and 15 civilians had been killed in the Nato attack.Mohammed Arish, a government administrator in Surkh Rod, said a father and his four sons and four members of another family were among the dead."They are farmers. They are innocent. They are not insurgents or militants," Arish told The Associated Press by phone.Arish said the protesters had tried to march toward the provincial capital of Jalalabad before being turned back by police.The Nangahar governor's office said at least three people were injured during a clash with police.'
A Nato spokesman confirmed foreign and Afghan forces had conducted some opErations in the area but said he was not aware of any civilian deaths and the alliance was 'checking' the incident.
No comments:
Post a Comment