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By Human Rights Watch

The committee said it was ''alarmed'' at reports of the deaths of hundreds of children from US attacks and air strikes in Afghanistan since the committee last reviewed US practices in 2008.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33868.htm



UN body ''alarmed'' by US killings of Afghan children

A UN committee has expressed ''alarm'' over reports that hundreds of children have been killed by US military forces in Afghanistan in the past five years.

http://is.gd/BW1XSx



Senator Feinstein: Why did the US kill two 16 year-olds?

Join us and send a letter to Senator Feinstein, urging her to start with two cases: 16-year-old U.S. citizen Abdulrahman Al-Awlaki, killed by a drone strike in Yemen, and 16-year-old Tariq Aziz, killed by a drone strike in Pakistan.

http://is.gd/jTDMtU



Afghanistan confirms UN report on child killings by US-led troops

''We agree with the UN report and confirm that innocent kids have been killed during coalition forces operations specifically US troops operations during the past ten years,'' Aimal Faizi, a spokesman for the Afghan government, said Saturday.

http://is.gd/Oyo52z



12 Afghans killed in US-led forces attack

Witnesses say there six civilians were among those killed in the Monday night attack in Tagab district of Kapisa province.

http://is.gd/Einv60



US strike kills 10 civilians as Obama touts end of Afghan occupation

By Bill Van Auken

Obama reiterated that Washington intends to maintain a military force in Afghanistan well past the formal date for the US-NATO withdrawal at the end of 2014

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33936.htm



Karzai summon NATO commander over civilian deaths

''Pointing to a commitment Gen. Allen had previously made not to conduct any air strike or bombing in residential areas, President Karzai reminded that such incidents must strictly be avoided in future and any recurrence is not acceptable.''

http://is.gd/mzKvSS



Karzai to ban Afghan forces from requesting NATO airstrikes

''I will issue a decree tomorrow that no Afghan security forces in any circumstances can ask for the foreigners' planes for carrying out operations on our homes and villages,'' Karzai said during a speech at the Afghan National Military Academy in Kabul on Saturday.

http://rt.com/news/karzai-ban-nato-airstrikes-385/



US To Continue Afghan Occupation: Will station up to 12,000 troops in Afghanistan, says German official

The US defence secretary has told Nato allies the US will leave between 8,000 and 12,000 troops in Afghanistan after 2014, when combat ends, according to a senior government official.

http://is.gd/GOgGrb



Kabul orders US forces out of two Afghan provinces

Afghan President Hamid Karzai demanded Sunday the withdrawal of US special forces from Wardak and Logar within two weeks, accusing them of fuelling ''insecurity and instability'' in the volatile provinces neighbouring the capital Kabul.

http://is.gd/b2Upx6


From Information Clearing House

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Afghan Civilians Bear Brunt of Death, Injury as US War Continues
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/02/19/

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Why the Awlakis Were Killed
http://lewrockwell.com/hornberger/hornberger195.html



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