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May 3, 2010

Civilian Casualties Soar in Afghanistan
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In Afghanistan, the nation’s Interior Ministry has revealed civilian
casualties jumped by 33 percent in a recent month-long period. 173
civilian deaths were reported between March 21 to April 21. Afghanistan
said militants were responsible for the majority of the deaths but that
an increasing number are at the hands of U.S. and foreign forces. Last
week the French military acknowledged its troops mistakenly killed four
Afghan civilians and seriously injured one during a clash with militants
near Kabul on April 6.



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