More than 30 civilians in western Afghanistan have been victims of U.S. air strikes aimed at militants. Such data, according to the agency AFP, provided on Wednesday, Abdul Gafar Vatandar (Abdul Ghafar Watandar), the Police Chief of Farah province.
Earlier, the State Department, Robert Wood (Robert Wood) said that the United States will carry out jointly with Afghan authorities investigate reports of deaths of civilians as a result of military clashes with militants in Gafar May 5. "U.S. and international forces used great precautions to avoid the deaths of innocent Afghans", - stressed in his statement, Wood.
News of the deaths of civilians appeared before the Washington meeting U.S. President Barack Obama with his Afghan and Pakistani counterparts - Hamid Karzai and Asif Ali Zardari. The three leaders to discuss the prospects for the fight against Taliban. The incident in Farah - far from being the first of its kind, Afghans have repeatedly blame the U.S. for the destruction of civilian populations.
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