NATO Offers “Sincere Apologies” for Killing Afghan Civilians
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NATO apologized on Monday for killing at least nine Afghan civilians, after President Hamid Karzai was in "last warning" to the occupation forces in the country.
"I want to offer my sincere apologies for the nine civilians who were killed during the incident in Now Zad District, Helmand province that occurred on 28 May" said a statement from Major General John Toolan, NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) commander for the southwest region of Afghanistan.
NATO occupation forces on Saturday hit a compound killing 52 people, mostly civilians, in air strikes. In the southern province of Helmand, local authorities said at least 14 civilians, including women and children, were killed and six injured in an air raid Saturday.
NATO apologized on Monday for killing at least nine Afghan civilians, after President Hamid Karzai was in "last warning" to the occupation forces in the country.
"I want to offer my sincere apologies for the nine civilians who were killed during the incident in Now Zad District, Helmand province that occurred on 28 May" said a statement from Major General John Toolan, NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) commander for the southwest region of Afghanistan.
NATO occupation forces on Saturday hit a compound killing 52 people, mostly civilians, in air strikes. In the southern province of Helmand, local authorities said at least 14 civilians, including women and children, were killed and six injured in an air raid Saturday.
The United Nations says Afghan civilian deaths in the war increased 15 percent to a record high of 2,777 last year.
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