Afghan civilians said killed in clash (AP) / Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Afghan civilians said killed in clash (AP)

June 30, 2007

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An Afghan child, who allegedly got injured by a U.S .-led coalition airstrike in Helmand,lays on a bed at a hospital in Lashkar Gah the provincial capital of Helmand province south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Saturday, June 30, 2007. U.S.-led coalition airstrikes in southern Afghanistan left at least 30 people, including women and children, killed or wounded, a local official said Saturday. (AP Photo/Abdul Khaleq)AP - U.S.-led airstrikes targeting Taliban militants who had attacked NATO forces slammed into civilian homes in southern Afghanistan, killing both civilians and insurgents, Afghan and Western officials said Saturday.