{"id":34981,"date":"2013-04-08T07:57:39","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T11:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=34981"},"modified":"2013-04-08T07:57:39","modified_gmt":"2013-04-08T11:57:39","slug":"11-afghan-civilians-killed-in-air-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=34981","title":{"rendered":"11 Afghan civilians killed in air strike?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stars & Stripes<\/a> reports that an airstrike called in to relieve beleaguered NATO troops killed 10 children and a woman along with 11 Taliban fighters at a Taliban base Saturday. <\/p>\n

The Afghans became surrounded and called in a NATO airstrike, [Wasifullah Wasifi, the spokesman for Kunar\u2019s provincial governor] said. A NATO official, however, said coalition troops called in the strike. If Afghan troops did call in the airstrike it would have been in defiance of a presidential decree forbidding Afghan forces from calling in foreign airstrikes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cDuring the operations, the security forces were surrounded by insurgents and the only option was an airstrike,\u201d Wasifi said. \u201cWithout the airstrike the security forces would have been wiped out.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Reuters<\/a> reports;<\/p>\n

A spokesman for the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf), Captain Luca Carniel, said it had provided \u201cair support\u201d during the operation. The air strike had been requested by coalition forces, not their Afghan allies.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, it doesn’t matter who called in the airstrike to anyone except the Taliban’s main lobbyist in Kabul, Hamid Karzai. Anytime the coalition calls in air support, it should appear over the battlefield irrespective of who is asking for it. Maybe Hamid should scold the Taliban for hiding behind women and children in this case, and most of the other cases. <\/p>\n

And maybe the media should focus on another aspect of the situation, too;<\/p>\n

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