UN: NATO air raids kill 18 civilians in Helmand
Civilians, mostly women and children, were killed last week in air raids by NATO forces in Afghanistan's Helmand province, an initial United Nations inquiry suggested. On Thursday and Friday as many as 18 civilians died in air strikes in Helmand's Sangin district, according to a UN statement released on Sunday. The UN said the strikes had been conducted by "international military forces," but only US aircraft have been involved in […]
