Total number of civilian casualties from these US-led terrorist attacks has now reached 52, and the terrorists even prevented the wounded from reaching hospitals by blocking roads, what kind of despicable inhumanity is this?

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Afghanistan: NATO airstrikes kill 52 civilians in Kunar

ASADABAD : Dozens of civilians were killed and wounded in airstrikes by foreign forces in Ghaziabad district of eastern Kunar province, residents said on Saturday, a day after NATO said 30 militants were eliminated in a coalition raid.

Foreign troops have been pounding different areas of the district over the past three days, killing up to 52 civilians, Mohammad Ibrahim, who brought his wounded relative to the Asadabad Civil Hospital, told Pajhwok Afghan News.

A resident of the Dara Gal village, Ibrahim claimed that several others were injured in the air raids. Most of the injured could not be taken to hospital due to road blockades. He warned the seriously injured individuals could die if they were not provided immediate medical treatment.

In a statement on Saturday, NATO said its regional command was working closely with the provincial governor and Afghan security forces to investigate the claim.
On Friday, ISAF media office in Kabul said: "A coalition forces air weapons team engaged a large number of armed men in Ghaziabad district, killing more than 30 insurgents."

On an aerial security patrol, the air weapons team identified armed fighters in the area and engaged them. A large number of armed individuals emerged from a nearby building after the initial firing. Subsequently, they were targeted and killed, it has said.

Public Health Director Dr. Asadullah Fazli confirmed receiving seven wounded people at the Asadabad Civil Hospital. The injured included four children, two women and an adult, he added.

Another resident of Ghaziabad, Hayatullah who reached Asadabad on Saturday morning, said many families had fled the district due to continued airstrikes. Most of the dead and wounded were civilians, he alleged.

NATO-led troops had been carrying out airstrikes in Ghaziabad over the past four days, said the provincial council chief, Mian Hassan Adil. Civilians bore the brunt of casualties, he claimed.

The Taliban acknowledged the loss of only one fighter and injuries to two others. Their spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed eight US soldiers were killed in an ambush in the Dara Gal area of the district.

But ISAF rejected the claim, saying the force servicemembers had no casualty in the operation.
Police chief, Brig. Gen. Khalilullah Ziayee, said that they had sent a delegation to the area to investigate the allegations of civilian casualties.

Source: UrukNet

Islamic lead terrorists pick the battlefield, so they are responsible for the deaths.

abu_rashid wrote on Feb 21^st, 2011 at 11:20pm:


Indeed abu, which is why any attempt at extremism on our soil will be met with the utmost of Aussie hostility. You do realise that those asswipes that plotted to attack Holsworthy Army base are going to experience some discomforts in jail, don't you?

Yes, it is sad that civilians are caught in the crossfire, especially innocent children, but militants, extremists, insurgents and subhumans are accountable for aiding in the cesspool of humanity that the Mid East has become.
My question to you- are you part of the problem, or the solution?

Can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs Abu.
It's unfortunate, but it's also true.

The inhumanity continues.. where are the monsters to tell us it's ok to murder little kids? Come forward, and have your justifications at hand.

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Afghan family slain in NATO strike

At least six members of the same family have been killed in an overnight airstrike on a home in the eastern Afghanistan city of Jalalabad, a report says.

The airstrike claimed the lives of six civilians, all members of the same family, including 4 children, in Nangarhar province in Eastern Afghanistan, a Press TV correspondent reported on Monday.

The incident came the day after President Hamid Karzai accused NATO troops of killing some 50 civilians in five days of airstrikes in the neighboring Kunar province.

Civilian casualties in US-led military operations have long been a source of friction between the Afghan government and NATO.

2010 was the deadliest year for Afghan civilians since the US-led invasion almost a decade ago. An estimated 2,400 civilians were killed last year by both US-led forces and militants.

The surge in violence comes despite the presence of 150,000 foreign troops, which are engaged in the so-called war on terrorism. The war in Afghanistan, with civilian and military casualties at record highs, has become the longest war in US history.

Official figures indicate that at least 2,330 NATO soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.

The United States and its allies are calling for talks with the Taliban as the war has entered its tenth year in Afghanistan.

Source: PressTV

Beertruk wrote on Feb 23^rd, 2011 at 9:59pm:


September 11 would never of happened if not for over 50 years of US meddling in arab and muslim affairs.

The American people brought it upon themselves by continously supporting there govermnents foreign policy which has resulted in the oppression and/or deaths of millions all over the world.

Backing dictators, oppressing and invading muslim lands. The US and the west finally got a dose of their own medicine and now they are whinging like the bitches they are!

Lestat wrote on Feb 24^th, 2011 at 7:24am:


No-one has been devalued here.
But the expectation that civilians wont die during combat operations is a waste of time.
Particularly when terrorists mingle amongst the civilian populace.