NATO-led ISAF admits killing 8 Afghan children in raids
NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has admitted that eight Afghan children were killed in the coalition’s bombing in Afghanistan’s northeastern province of Kapisa last week. - "Eight young Afghans lost their lives as the result of an airstrike by coalition forces," General Lewis Boone, communications director of ISAF, told reporters on Wednesday. US-led forces carried out aerial attacks in Nejrab district of Kapisa province on February 8, leaving eight children dead. According to Afghan government officials, the victims were bombed twice while herding sheep in heavy snow. On Monday, the ISAF’s spokesman, Brigadier General Carsten Jacobson, said an assessment showed the victims were “young Afghans of varying ages.” Following the airstrikes, Afghan President Hamid Karzai ordered an "investigation" into the deadly incident.
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