Airstrikes blamed for 21 Afghan civilian deaths in 2 days

[TomSea]

AP September 26, 2018, 4:57 AM
Airstrikes blamed for 21 Afghan civilian deaths in 2 days

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The U.N. mission in Afghanistan said Wednesday that 21 civilians were killed in two separate airstrikes over the weekend. It said in a statement that nine civilians from the same family, mostly women and children, were killed in a Saturday airstrike in the northeastern Kapisa province, in an area where Afghan forces were battling the Taliban.

Another statement cited "preliminary findings" that 12 women and children, all related, were killed in a Sunday airstrike in the eastern Maidan Wardak province, also during an Afghan military operation. "Ten of those killed were children whose ages ranged from 6 to 15," including eight girls, it said.

The U.N. said it was unclear whether the airstrikes were carried out by Afghan or NATO forces.

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