VOA News - Afghanistan Coalition Says 4 Women, Child Killed in Offensive Against Militants
U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan say Friday they inadvertently killed four women and a child while battling militants in central Afghanistan.
A U.S. military spokeswoman, Lieutenant Colonel Rumi Nelson-Green, says the civilians were killed Thursday as troops moved in on a key Taliban militant in the Giro district of central Ghazni province.
She says armed militants threatened coalition forces, which responded with small-arms fire, killing several Taliban as well as the women and the child. Three militants were arrested.
The U.S. military called the deaths "inadvertent" and promised a full investigation.
About 2,500 people, including civilians, have been killed so far this year during fighting between coalition forces and militants.
U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan say Friday they inadvertently killed four women and a child while battling militants in central Afghanistan.
A U.S. military spokeswoman, Lieutenant Colonel Rumi Nelson-Green, says the civilians were killed Thursday as troops moved in on a key Taliban militant in the Giro district of central Ghazni province.
She says armed militants threatened coalition forces, which responded with small-arms fire, killing several Taliban as well as the women and the child. Three militants were arrested.
The U.S. military called the deaths "inadvertent" and promised a full investigation.
About 2,500 people, including civilians, have been killed so far this year during fighting between coalition forces and militants.
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