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NATO artillery kills three children in Afghanistan
Afghanistan News.Net
Monday 1st September, 2008 (IANS)
Kabul, Sep 1 (Xinhua) At least three children were killed and seven wounded Monday when artillery fire by NATO-led security forces accidentally hit a civilian compound in Afghanistan's eastern province of Paktika, officials said.
The incident occurred when the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) called for return fire after insurgents attacked one of its convoy in Gayan district of the province, the ISAF said in a statement.
The artillery shell "accidentally" landed close to a civilian compound, killing at least three children and wounding seven, it said.
'The ISAF deeply regrets the accident." An investigation is currently underway, the statement said.
This incident occurred just a week after 90 civilians were accidentally killed by coalition troops in the country's western province of Herat during an operation against militants.
The locals strongly condemned the incidents. In a statement last week, the Afghan cabinet called for halting the civilian casualties.
Currently, around 70,000-strong foreign troops are in Afghanistan to fight insurgency.
According to an UN estimate, nearly 700 civilians have been killed in insurgency related violence so far this year in Afghanistan.  Email this story to a friend
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