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US-led raid injures 13 Afghan civilians

At least 13 Afghan civilians have been injured after a US-led airstrike targeting suspected Taliban militants hit a house in Afghanistan’s northeastern province of Kunar.
The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) issued a statement on Friday and confirmed the incident, Reuters reported.
The assault came after US-led foreign forces returned fire following an attack by militants.
“Air assets arrived on the scene and during the incident one munition from a coalition aircraft fell short of the insurgent position, impacting a civilian house,” ISAF statement said.
On Wednesday, one Afghan civilian was killed and six others were kidnapped after US military forces attacked a residential area in eastern province of Nangarhar.
The killing of civilians by foreign forces has dramatically intensified anti-American sentiments in Afghanistan.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has called on the US-led NATO force to provide an explanation for the killing of three members of a family in an operation in the pre-dawn hours of Sunday in the Chaki Wardak district of Wardak Province.
Insecurity continues to climb across Afghanistan despite the presence of nearly 150,000 US-led forces in the war-ravaged country.

Source: Press TV

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