{"id":12366,"date":"2009-12-31T12:47:53","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T18:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=12366"},"modified":"2009-12-31T12:47:53","modified_gmt":"2009-12-31T18:47:53","slug":"western-troops-accused-of-executing-10-afghan-civilians-including-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=12366","title":{"rendered":"Western troops accused of executing 10 Afghan civilians, including children"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jerome Starkey In Kabul<\/strong>
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The report into the deaths has provoked demonstrations Ahmad Masood\/Reuters <\/p><\/div>Assadullah Wafa, who led the investigation, said that US soldiers flew to Kunar from Kabul, suggesting that they were part of a special forces unit.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt around 1 am, three nights ago, some American troops with helicopters left Kabul and landed around 2km away from the village,\u201d he told The Times. \u201cThe troops walked from the helicopters to the houses and, according to my investigation, they gathered all the students from two rooms, into one room, and opened fire.\u201d Mr Wafa, a former governor of Helmand province, met President Karzai to discuss his findings yesterday. \u201cI spoke to the local headmaster,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s impossible they were al-Qaeda. They were children, they were civilians, they were innocent. I condemn this attack.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a telephone interview last night, the headmaster said that the victims were asleep in three rooms when the troops arrived. \u201cSeven students were in one room,\u201d said Rahman Jan Ehsas. \u201cA student and one guest were in another room, a guest room, and a farmer was asleep with his wife in a third building.<\/p>\n

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