Thursday 14 July 2011

7 Civilians Are Latest Nato Victims


FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS AND OTHERS:
KABUL: A local government official in eastern Afghanistan says NATO troops killed seven civilians in an overnight raid.

Khost provincial council member, Gul Mohammad Zazi, says international troops stormed into Matoon village on the outskirts of Khost city around midnight and fired into the windows of houses. He says the dead were not connected to the insurgency.

A neighbor, Asif Khan, says six people were killed and all were civilians. A spokesman for local schools, Sayed Musa Majro, says the dead included a teacher and two students.

NATO spokesman Capt. Justin Brockhoff said Thursday a NATO-Afghan force killed 'insurgents' in an operation in Khost province, but he did not say how many.

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