NATO accidentally kills civilians in Afghanistan, one of them a child. On Wednesday said it was the leader of Haqqani and other insurgents
A helicopter Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO ) accidentally killed two civilians while attacking suspected insurgents in Khost province in northern Afghanistan, the alliance said Thursday. The
target of the attack was the leader of the Haqqani network in the district of Zayi.
"When the attack, two civilians were walking near the vehicle that was the objective," the NATO.
Earlier, NATO forces reported that two soldiers were killed by improvised explosives in southern Afghanistan. The international military coalition gave no details of the attack.
international forces are fighting to take control of southern part of the country, which is a stronghold of the Taliban.
The death toll of soldiers is 23 most recent this month in Afghanistan.
police chief Khost province, Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai, said at least one of the civilians was a child.
The initial description of NATO's attack on Wednesday said a "precision strike killed the leader of Haqqani and two other insurgents while driving a vehicle." Afghan Troops
determined that the occupants of the car were not armed, NATO reported.
The accidental death of civilians due to operations of international troops in Afghanistan are a major source of tension between Afghan and NATO.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates U.S. personally apologized to President Hamid Karzai after a helicopter of the nine children confused alliance with insurgents and killed. The attack sparked protests across the country and calls for international force to stop the airstrikes and night operations.
At least 2,777 civilians died in Afghanistan in 2010, an increase of 15% compared with the year PEVI, according to a UN report. The insurgency was guilty of most of these deaths.
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