“Humanitarian” Aid?: Child air strike deaths stir fury in Afghanistan
Child air strike deaths stir fury in AfghanistanAFP
March 7, 2011
Two of Nasim’s sons went into the hills to collect firewood last week to warm the family’s humble home against the biting Afghan winter chill. They never returned, killed along with seven other children in a NATO air strike.
“The Americans are wild,” said the boys’ father, who uses only one name and whose sons were aged 11 and 12, crying as he spoke. “They don’t value humanity and don’t care about our children.
“The men who carried out the air strike and the ones who ordered it should be brought to court.”
The nine killings outside Asadabad in Kunar province have unleashed public fury over civilian casualties at a crucial time for foreign forces in Afghanistan.
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