The BBC reported today that three children were killed during the night in an air strike led by international forces, according to Afghan villagers. While the US military confirmed that it had “killed four insurgents on motorcycles in the area of the alleged airstrikes,” the military could not confirm if civilians had been killed in the attack.
Source: BBC News
The article describes the villagers’ outrage following the deaths of the children in the airstrike:
The villagers shouted “Death to America! Death to infidels!” as they displayed the corpses in the back of a pickup truck. The father of the dead boys, Abdur Rahim, told AP that he heard a pair of helicopters circling over his compound early on Wednesday before they fired two missiles that hit his home. His brother and another son were wounded, he said.
“What was the fault of my innocent children? They were not Taliban,” Mr Rahim said. “Did they come here to build our country or kill our innocent children?”
The ongoing deaths of children, women, and men continue to increase the sense of resentment that Afghan civilians feel toward pro-government forces. As such, U.S. and international forces must prioritize reducing the number of civilians killed in Afghanistan.
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