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United Nations investigation has determined that at least 18
civilians have been killed by international coalition airstrikes in
Afghanistan over the past week.
Air
raids on Thursday and Friday around Sangin district in Helmand
Province, southern Afghanistan, have killed at least 18 civilians,
most of them women and children, the UN inquiry found. Survivors are
currently being treated at a hospital in Lashkar Gah, the regional
capital.
The
American military says it has conducted 30 airstrikes around Helmand
in the last week, and it will look into the UN’s allegations.
"We
are investigating the allegations and working diligently to determine
whether civilians were killed or injured as a result of US air
strikes," said Brigadier General Charles Cleveland, as cited
by Reuters.
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