NATO Airstrike in Afghanistan Claims Civilians - NYTimes.com

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NATO Airstrike in Afghanistan Claims Civilians - NYTimes.com

• KABUL, Afghanistan — A NATO airstrike targeting Taliban fighters Friday accidentally killed seven civilians, including three children, in the southern province of Helmand, one of the most insecure regions in the country, Afghan officials said.

  
  

  
  

• A United Nations report this month said that 2,777 civilians were killed in Afghanistan i n 2010, the deadliest toll in more than nine years of war. The Taliban were blamed for 75 percent of the deaths. The number of deaths by NATO forces declined 26 percent.

  
  But a number of high-profile episodes have led to continuing strains between NATO and the Afghan government.

• Earlier this month, NATO airstrikes accidentally killed 11 children in two separate attacks.

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