Sunday, January 25, 2009

Americans accused of murdering 21 civilians in Afghanistan.

The head of the Council of the Afghan province of Laghman, accused US-led coalition troops in the killing of 21 civilians, including two women and two children. That was reported by AFP.
According to Emadudina Abdulrahimzaya (Emadudin Abdulrahimzay), head of the provincial council, the bodies were found in different places. However, according to the representative of the Governor of the province, killed more than ten people, among them civilians, but their number is unknown. Earlier, Afghan authorities have repeatedly accused foreign troops in the deaths of civilians.
  In turn, the command of US-led coalition announced on 24 January of the destruction in the province of Laghman 15 fighters, as well as the death of a soldier of international troops (ISAF) in the south. According to the representatives of the coalition, which brings the word agency in Laghman 23 January to conduct operations to destroy one of the commanders of the Taliban responsible for the dispatch of foreign fighters and weapons into Afghanistan. Perepravlennye them militants, allegedly attacked the French troops in August 2008.
According to the representatives of the coalition when the troops came to the place where the gunman hid, with their different directions attacked several groups of militants armed with AK-47 assault rifles and grenade launchers. In the attack, according to the source of the agency, had attended a woman who had a grenade launcher. She was killed.
Did the coalition forces to capture or destroy the militants in question, did not specify. The Taliban are reported at BBC News, saying that none of their people had been killed in the described circumstances.

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