Operations kill 64 civilians in Afghanistan
China Daily | Updated: 2011-02-21 07:36
A man walks past glass from shattered windows at the site of Saturday's suicide attack in Jalalabad city on Sunday. The death toll from the attack in east Afghanistan has risen to 38, making it the deadliest nationwide for more than eight months, and the worst insurgent assault in that region. Parwiz / Reuters |
KABUL, Afghanistan - Joint operations by Afghan forces and NATO-led foreign troops have killed 64 civilians in eastern Kunar Province, including many women and children, over the past four days, the provincial governor said.
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