Publication Date:
Thu, 2011-03-03 15:00
A statement issued Thursday by the Afghan government says
President Hamid Karzai and Obama held a video conference call on Wednesday —
the same day that NATO forces admitted accidentally killing nine Afghan boys in
northeast Afghanistan.
Civilian casualties have long been a source of friction
between the NATO force and Karzai. The president condemned the deaths, saying
the victims were “innocent children who were collecting firewood for their
families.” NATO apologized for the deaths of the nine boys, saying its troops
miscommunicated the location of militants.
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