he commander of the US-led foreign forces in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus, has admitted that a NATO airstrike has killed nine civilians in the war-torn country.
Petraeus said in a statement on Wednesday that he was “deeply sorry for the tragedy,” warning the troops responsible for the attack could face disciplinary action, Los Angeles Times reported.
The statements came after Afghan President Hamid Karzai earlier had slammed foreign forces for what he called “the daily killing of Afghan civilians.”
NATO has always evaded responsibility for the killing of hundreds of Afghan civilians during airstrikes, claiming that the attacks target Taliban militants. However, Karzai has said that villages are not the bases and havens of terrorists.
Nine children, aged between seven and nine, were killed in a US-led aerial operation in Afghanistan's northwestern province of Kunar late Tuesday, police said.
The incident has aroused public fury among Afghans who are already replete with anti-US sentiments. On Wednesday hundreds of people staged demonstrations in protest against killing of civilians by foreign forces.
Thousands of Afghan people have so far lost their lives as a result of military operations by the foreign troops since the 2001 US-led invasion of Afghanistan.
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