At least 19 civilians died in a NATO airstrike on a convoy of vehicles in southern Afghanistan, Afghan officials say.
NATO confirms that it fired Sunday on a group of vehicles that it believed contained insurgents, only to discover later that women and children were in the cars. NATO did not say how many died.
Amanullah Hothaki, the head of the provincial council for Uruzgan province, said 19 people were killed in the strike, which hit three minibuses as they drove down a main road.
Interior Ministry spokesman Zemeri Bashary said he had reports of 27 people killed. He said there were 42 people in the vehicles, all of them civilians....... read more>>
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