More children are killed in Afghanistan by US led forces

LankaTruth 02nd Sep: 2008. 02.46 PM

Three Afghan children were killed and seven more injured when NATO troops led ny the USA directed artillery fire in Afghanistan's eastern province of Paktika. NATO officials have accepted the killing stating the attack on Monday happened by accident.

Meanwhile, the Afghan government has said that more than 500 civilians have been killed during operations by foreign and Afghan forces this year. The deaths in Paktika province are expected to deepen the rift between foreign forces and the Afghan government.

In the incident, troops had fired artillery rounds after a patrol came under fire from Taliban fighters in Paktika's Gayan district and the rounds had fallen close to a house where the children had been playing. 

Meanwhile in Kabul, Afghanistan's capital, hundreds of protesters blocked a road, accusing foreign troops led by troops from the USA of killing a family of four, including two children.

The family members were killed in an overnight raid by international troops, a police official and witnesses said. Residents in Hud Kheil in the east of Kabul said one of the two children was eight months old and grenades killed the family members during the operation by US Special Forces.

However, US Special Forces have said they were not involved.