VOA NEWS: U.S. MILITARY, AFGHAN PRESIDENT AT ODDS OVER AIRSTRIKE DEATHS
August 23, 2008
August 23, 2008
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 23 -- The Voice of America issued the following story:
By Barry Newhouse
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has condemned a U.S. airstrike in western Afghanistan that some Afghan officials say killed more than 70 civilians on Thursday. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad that the U.S. military disputes the number of civilian casualties and insists the operation was a successful strike against a wanted Taliban commander.
By Barry Newhouse
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has condemned a U.S. airstrike in western Afghanistan that some Afghan officials say killed more than 70 civilians on Thursday. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad that the U.S. military disputes the number of civilian casualties and insists the operation was a successful strike against a wanted Taliban commander.