Sat Oct 24, 2009
American forces in Afghanistan have opened fire on a vehicle killing four civilian aboard, including a woman and two children.
The incident happened in southern Kandahar city on Saturday when a US military convoy opened fire on the vehicle, which was passing, Shah Agha, a Kandahar police official told Reuters.
A statement from the provincial governor of Kandahar also confirmed the casualties.
Countless number of civilians have lost their lives since the 2001 US-led invasion of the country.
More than 1,500 civilians have been killed and many others wounded in the first six months of 2009, which shows a 24 percent increase compared to the same period last year, according to the latest UN report.
Source: PressTV.
Link: http://edition.presstv.ir/detail/109498.html.
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