US-led troops kill three Afghan civilians
At least three Afghan civilians have been killed and four others injured when US-led coalition troops opened fire on them after a road accident in Kandahar province. Foreign forces stationed in south Afghanistan opened fire on the driver and the passengers of a vehicle after the driver lost control of the car near a check post and hit several soldiers, a Press TV correspondent reported on Thursday.
The number of civilians killed by both militants and US-led troops in Afghanistan has largely increased since 2009. In its annual civilian casualty report, the United Nations said 2,777 civilians were killed in 2010, a 15 percent increase over the previous year. Afghan President Hamid Karzai has repeatedly condemned the US-led forces for committing serious crimes against civilians in the war-ravaged country. Karzai also accused Western security institutions of worsening the security situation in his country by increasing civilian deaths. Insecurity is on the rise across the Asian country despite because of the presence of over 150,000 US-led forces there.
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