US airstrike reportedly kills dozens of Afghan civilians in Helmand province
U.S. officials said an airstrike hours Wednesday in Helmand province, which reportedly killed dozens of civilians, was conducted by American aircraft.
Most of the civilian casualties — which included men, women and children — came when the airstrike hit a house in the central Helmand River valley, a Taliban heartland, said a local official, Attahullah Afghan.
A U.S. military spokesman in Kabul said the airstrike was carried out by American aircraft called in to back Afghan “special security forces” after they came under heavy Taliban fire. At the time of the strike, the ground force was unaware of any civilians in or around the compound."
U.S. military spokesman Maj. Bariki Mallya declined to say what the U.S. knew about civilian casualties or whether the incident was under U.S. investigation. In a prepared statement, he said the U.S. investigates every "credible allegation of error and reviews every mission to learn, adapt and improve."
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