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Six Afghan civilians killed, 12 injured in US-led air strike

Afghan security sources said four women and a child were among those killed. More than twelve others were reportedly injured. The US-led NATO forces targeted on Thursday an area in northeastern Kapisa Province.

http://is.gd/iHDNq2



Two killed in Afghanistan as hundreds protest over US 'torture'

Hundreds of Afghans blocked a major motorway south of Kabul carrying freshly dug-up bodies they claimed were victims of torture by US special forces and demanding the Americans be arrested, officials said.

http://is.gd/cgO6Zk



Afghan Massacre: The Convoy of Death

Video Documentary

Taliban prisoners of war suffocated in containers, shot in the desert under the watch of American troops. No U.S. media outlet had broadcast the film.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3267.htm



Four Years Ago Obama Promised to Investigate Afghan Massacre; Has Anything Happened Since?

By Cora Currier

Survivors and other witnesses, were stuffed into shipping containers without food or water. Many died of suffocation. Others were allegedly killed when Dostum s men shot at the containers.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35182.htm



Afghan arrest puts spotlight on US special forces

AN AFGHAN army colonel has been arrested for illegally handing prisoners to a man working with a US special forces team that was accused of torture and killings in the country s Wardak province.

http://is.gd/fpXAsp



US Kills 3 Civilians In Afghanistan

According to local authorities in eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan, at least three civilians were killed following a drone strike in this province.

http://is.gd/6Mstl0



US-led air raids kill 2 children in northeast Afghanistan

Local security officials say the airstrikes happened at 9 AM local time in two villages in Badakhshan Province. Sources say several civilians, including women and children were also injured in the attacks.

http://is.gd/1euVsZ


From Information Clearing House

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Four Years Ago Obama Promised to Investigate Afghan Massacre; Has Anything Happened Since?

Cora Currier, ProPublica: In his first year in office, President Obama pledged to ''collect the facts'' on the death of hundreds, possibly thousands, of Taliban prisoners of war at the hands of US-allied Afghan forces in late 2001. Four years later, there?s no sign of progress.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/16852-four-years-ago-obama-promised-to-investigate-afghan-massacre-has-anything-happened-since



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