Afghanistan orders investigation into US attack (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Sun, 07/06/2008 - 5:37am

An injured Afghan boy is put on a stretcher at a hospital in Jalalabad city, Afghanistan, Sunday, July 6, 2008 after he allegedly got injured by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes in Deh Bala district of Nangarhar province, east of Kabul.<br /><br />Chief government official Haji Amishah Gul in the Deh Bala district says villagers have reported between 30 and 35 people walking in a group toward a wedding have been killed in a coalition bombing.<br /><br />Up to 10 people were wounded. (AP Photo/Nesar Ahmad)AP - Afghanistan's president has ordered an investigation into allegations that missiles from U.S. helicopters struck civilians, though the Ministry of Defense said Sunday that the attack killed or wounded 20 militants.




 

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