Thursday, March 3, 2011

NATO apologises for killing nine Afghan boys

Nine boys were killed by NATO helicopter when they were collecting fire woods to heat their homes in the eastern Afghanistan The boys aged 12 and under were attacked on Tuesday.Several villagers protested against alliance strikes.Top NATO commander Gen David Petraeu apologizes by saying ''"We are deeply sorry for this tragedy and apologizes to the members of the Afghan government, the people of Afghanistan and most importantly, the surviving family members of those killed by our actions''.An Afghan presidential team accused NATO of ''killing 65 civilians including 40 children''.The NATO's accepts full responsibility and will continue to investigate this incident thoroughly and they will try to prevent this from happening in the future.

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