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NATO disputes claims of Afghan civilian deaths
• APTribal elders in a remote part of northeastern Afghanistan claimed
Sunday that NATO forces killed 64 civilians in air and ground strikes
over the past four days. The international coalition denied the claim,
saying video showed troops targeting and killing dozens of insurgents.
Coalition and Afghan officials plan to go to the Ghazi Abad district of Kunbar province, a hotbed of the insurgency, on Monday to investigate. Civilian casualties have been a constant source of friction between coalition troops and Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
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2 Comments in Response to NATO disputes claims of Afghan civilian deaths
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/20/us-pakistan-usa-drones-idUSTRE71J0T120110220
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/20/AR2011022000276.html?hpid=topnews
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/21/world/asia/21afghan.html
Increased U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan killing few high-ranking militantshttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/20/AR2011022002975.html