A NATO air strike killed a family of eight, including six children, when it plowed into their home in eastern Afghanistan, local officials said Sunday.
Saturday night's incident in Paktia Province threatens to further sour already shaky ties between President Hamid Karzai and his Western backers and likely will enrage Afghan civilians weary of years of bloodshed.
"Eight people -- a man, his wife and six of their children -- are dead," local government spokesman Rohullah Samoon said. "It was an air strike conducted by NATO. This man had no connection to the Taliban or any other terrorist group."
A senior security official in Kabul confirmed the strike and deaths.
"It's true. A house was bombed by NATO. A man named Mohammad Sahfee, his wife and six of their innocent children were brutally killed," the official said. Full story...
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Saturday night's incident in Paktia Province threatens to further sour already shaky ties between President Hamid Karzai and his Western backers and likely will enrage Afghan civilians weary of years of bloodshed.
"Eight people -- a man, his wife and six of their children -- are dead," local government spokesman Rohullah Samoon said. "It was an air strike conducted by NATO. This man had no connection to the Taliban or any other terrorist group."
A senior security official in Kabul confirmed the strike and deaths.
"It's true. A house was bombed by NATO. A man named Mohammad Sahfee, his wife and six of their innocent children were brutally killed," the official said. Full story...
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