Oops, sorry. Here's $5000.An air strike by the US-led Nato coalition has killed eight members of a family in eastern Afghanistan, according to officials.
The coalition said it was aware of the allegation and was investigating the incident late on Saturday, in Paktia province. "Coalition officials are currently looking into the claims and gathering information," the coalition said in a statement.
UK Guardian
The LA Times identified the victims as “Mohammed Shafi, his wife and his six children,” and cited the statements from the spokesman for the Paktia governor’s office that “there is no evidence that Shafi was a Taliban insurgent or linked with Al Qaeda.” The Afghan spokesman blamed the incident on the refusal of NATO to coordinate strikes with Afghan forces to ensure civilians are not targeted (“If they had shared this with us, this wouldn’t have happened”).
Glenn Greenwald
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