US raid kills civilian in Afghanistan - PTV

Tue Jun 21, 2011 6:18PM

US-led troops during a house search operation in Afghanistan

The US forces have killed at least one civilian and detained three others during a night raid on a residential area in the troubled northern Afghanistan, officials say.

According to Afghan officials, the incident took place in Kunduz Province on Monday night, a Press TV correspondent reported. 

The district governor of Imam Sahib Mohammad Ayub Haqyar said the US troops carried out operation without coordination with Afghan forces. 

NATO earlier said its forces had killed several Taliban militants during a military operation in the troubled region. 

Hundreds of civilians have lost their lives in US-led airstrikes and ground operations in various parts of Afghanistan over the past few months, with Afghans becoming more outraged over the seemingly endless number of deadly assaults. 

Civilian casualties have long been a source of friction between the Afghan government and US-led foreign forces. The loss of civilian lives at the hand of foreign forces has dramatically increased anti-American sentiments in Afghanistan. 

The war in Afghanistan, with civilian and military casualties at record highs, has become the longest war in US history.