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March 7, 2011

Karzai Rejects U.S. Apology for Killing Children as Hundreds Protest 
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has arrived in Afghanistan just days
after a NATO air strike killed nine Afghan boys, all under the age of
15. On Sunday, Afghan President Hamid Karzai rejected an apology from
U.S. General David Petraeus for the deaths. Karzai said that civilian
casualties are a main cause of the worsening relationship between
Afghanistan and the United States. Meanwhile, hundreds of people took to
the streets of Kabul on Sunday to protest against the killing of the
Afghan boys.

Afghan schoolgirl, Azada: "The international community are witnesses to
those killed in the NATO operation but they are not really paying
attention to this. We want to raise this issue."



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