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Afghan Probe Confirms: NATO Killed 65 in Kunar Offensive -- News from Antiwar.com

Afghan Probe Confirms: NATO Killed 65 in Kunar Offensive -- News from Antiwar.com: "NATO denied the killings at the time and insisted again today that their own investigation showed no civilians at all were killed or wounded. The claim follows an embarrassing week of soundbites, in which top US commanders first suggested that local parents were burning their children and blaming NATO, and later claimed that the local parents just burn their children all the time for the heck of it.

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