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On the killing of eight Afghan women   :   Information Clearing House: ICH

On the killing of eight Afghan women   :   Information Clearing House: ICH
October 06, 2012 "Information Clearing House" - If you looked carefully at the news last week, you might have heard a report from Afghanistan about how the U.S./NATO forces bombed and killed eight Afghan women who were out walking in the mountains early in the morning before dawn to collect wood. Eight other women were seriously injured.

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