Nato 'Kills Afghan MP Relative' in Raid

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Source: BBC

A prominent Afghan MP says Nato troops stormed her home and shot dead one of her relatives in an overnight raid.

Safia Siddiqi, who was not home at the time, said the troops tied up several members of her family and opened fire on one of them.

Nato confirmed one person was killed in an operation against a "Taliban facilitator" in eastern Afghanistan.

The incident sparked angry protests from residents in Nangarhar province's Surkh Rod district.

The deaths of Afghan civilians at the hands of foreign forces has caused public outrage, and been an increasing source of friction between Nato and the Afghan government.

Operation 'review'

Safia Siddiqi said dozens of US soldiers arrived without warning at her village home just before midnight.

"My brothers thought they were thieves," she told the AFP news agency. "One of my relatives took a shotgun and walked out of the room. The troops shot him dead."

She said the soldiers broke windows and furniture and tied her brothers' hands together.

"My brothers told them in English: 'Do you know whose house is this? This is the house of Safia Siddiqi, a member of the Afghan parliament'," she told AFP. "They said 'we know' and did not allow them to speak further."

more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8651465.stm

[malaise]

1. They're winning hearts and minds

with tasteless haste. :sarcasm:

sp

[Mari333]

2. knr despite the 101st keyboard warriors unrecing

[tekisui]

3. They hate anything that goes against thier fantasy view.

[KG]

4. according to the Big Fans, it's only a tragedy if the taliban kills afghans

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5. Of course and our noble troops were justified.