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| U.S. and NATO military officials in Afghanistan have launched investigations into three separate U.S.-led air strikes that Afghan officials say killed at least 78 civilians this month. The investigations come during what United Nations and Afghan officials say is one of the deadliest years for civilians since the war began. In the first six months of this year, the number of civilians killed in fighting has increased by nearly 40 percent over the same period last year, according to U.N. data. "We have seen a number of occurrences lately where a large number of civilians have been killed. It would be fair to say that this year so far there has been an increase in the number of civilians killed by all sides," said Dan McNorton, a spokesman for the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. More than half of those killed in the three recent U.S.-led air strikes - which occurred in a three-week span in three provinces in eastern and western Afghanistan - were women and children, according to Afghan and Western officials. In one case, about 47 women and children in a wedding party were killed. The death toll from Western air strikes has renewed political furor over foreign military operations in Afghanistan as the Taliban insurgency is intensifying. ... |
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