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US Strikes in Afghanistan Kill 100, Mostly Civilians -- News from Antiwar.com

US Strikes in Afghanistan Kill 100, Mostly Civilians -- News from Antiwar.com
Afghan police are saying today that over 100 people were killed in this week’s US air strike in Farah Province. 25 to 30 are suspected Taliban, while the vast majority were civilians. A Red Cross investigative team confirmed the findings, saying they had seen “dozens” of bodies in two separate locations and that civilians were still digging through the rubble of their mud-brick homes looking for others.

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