Recent US-led airstrike killed Afghan civilians: Fact-finding mission

September 19, 2012 by legitgov

Recent US-led airstrike killed Afghan civilians: Fact-finding mission 19 Sep 2012 An Afghan government-appointed fact-finding mission says that a recent US-led airstrike in the eastern province of Laghman targeted civilians, Press TV reports. The fact-finding mission set up by President Hamid Karzai announced on Wednesday that seven women and a child were killed in the airstrike that was conducted in Alingar district on September 16. Nineteen other women and children were also injured in the attack, the mission said.