U.S. military Concedes Afghan Civilian Casualties

By Clare Swinney ⋅ April 11, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments
Tags: Afghan, civilian, US Military     Posted in: Middle East, News

By Kamal Sadat
KHOST, Afghanistan (Reuters) – The U.S. military has conceded that a raid this week by troops under its command in Afghanistan killed a group of civilians who were defending their home, not militants as it had earlier reported.
The killing of civilians by foreign forces is the biggest source of tension between the Afghan [...]