Preliminary results of a joint U.S.-Afghan investigation show U.S. airstrikes in western Afghanistan this week killed Afghan civilians, a senior U.S. military official told CNN.
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- U.S.-led probe disputes Afghan civilian death toll
The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan has completed its investigation of an August airstrike and found no evidence to support Afghan claims that as ma...
- General wants review of Afghan civilian killings
Citing “emerging evidence,” the top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan asked for an investigation into reports that more than 90 Afgha...
- Six dead in Afghan car bomb attack
Five Afghan civilians and one police officer died Saturday in a car bomb attack targeting a police checkpoint in the country’s northeastern regi...
- Sources: Pics alter Afghan airstrike probe
Cell phone pictures are providing evidence that several civilians may have been mistakenly killed by U.S. troops operating in Afghanistan last month, ...
- Karzai orders probe into deadly U.S. strike
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered an inquiry into allegations that 15 civilians were killed in a U.S. military strike targeting militants.
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- U.S. source: Afghan airstrike killed 30 civilians
At least 30 Afghan civilians and 20 militants were killed in an American airstrike on August 22, according to a U.S. military report, a senior U.S. mi...
- Suicide bomber kills 4 civilians in Afghan market
A suicide attacker detonated his explosives Sunday in Musa Qala, killing himself and four civilians, the Helmand province police chief said.
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- Afghan civilians die in coalition bombing
U.S.-led troops in Afghanistan said Monday that eight civilians were killed when coalition aircraft bombed a compound not knowing that the suspected T...
- Suicide attack wounds 22 civilians
At least 22 civilians were wounded when a suicide car bomber attacked a NATO International Security Assistance Force convoy in the Afghan capital Tues...
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Boxing idol Manny Pacquiao returned to the Philippines early Friday despite a request from Manila that he delay his hero’s return as a precautio...
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Six decades of single-party rule may be coming to an end in Paraguay on Sunday after Colorado Party candidate Blanca Ovelar conceded a loss in the pre...
- Scores killed in Afghan fighting
More than 65 insurgents died Tuesday night in fighting between Afghan and coalition troops and Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan, the U.S.-led...
- Afghan police killed in airstrike blunder
A coalition warplane bombed an Afghan police outpost during a battle with suspected Taliban fighters early Wednesday, killing six officers in what a U...
- U.S. apologizes for Afghan civilian deaths
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates apologized Wednesday for recent U.S. airstrikes that have killed civilians in Afghanistan.
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- Four dead in Afghan bomb attacks
Bombings at a governor’s compound and a bazaar in Afghanistan on Monday killed four civilians and wounded a few dozen others, the NATO command i...
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- Suicide bomber kills 7 in Afghan capital
Seven civilians were killed Saturday morning after a suicide bomb exploded near the German embassy in Kabul, a government official said.
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- U.N.: Afghan civilian deaths hit record high
The number of civilians killed in armed conflict in Afghanistan rose 40 percent last year, to a record 2,118, a U.N. report said Tuesday.
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- Afghan civilians killed in crossfire
Two women and two children were killed in the crossfire of a gun battle between NATO-led troops and insurgents in southern Afghanistan, officials said...
- At least 11 killed in Afghan suicide attack
A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a U.S. military convoy in eastern Afghanistan Thursday, killing 10 civilians and wounding 40 ...