Child Killed By NATO In Deh Yak District

(From Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - During a military operation in Afghanistan's southeastern Ghazni province, US-led forces have claimed the life of an Afghan child, NATO and witnesses say.

Local witnesses say the girl was killed in a NATO military operation in Deh yak district in Ghazni province on Saturday. The military alliance has confirmed the civilian loss of life in the war-torn country.

Foreign forces are under criticism for causing civilian casualties in Afghanistan. A United Nations report says over 1,200 Afghan civilians lost their lives in the first half of 2010.

The rise in civilian casualties in NATO attacks has strained relations between President Hamid Karzai and his Western allies, who are under increasing pressure at home over the unpopular war.