June 30, 2007

30 Afghans killed, wounded in airstrikes (AP)

anchorman wrote this mid-morning:

An Afghan boy cries after his two uncles were killed as his father is detained during a U.S.-led coalition and Afghan troop raid in Khogyani district of Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan on Friday, June 29, 2007. The troops raided three compounds in eastern Afghanistan on Friday, killing four suspected militants and detaining 16 others, while clashes and air strikes in the south left 17 more militants dead, officials said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)AP - U.S.-led coalition airstrikes in southern Afghanistan left at least 30 people, including women and children, killed or wounded, an official said Saturday.


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