Afghanistan: US airstrike 'killed 47 wedding party members' 11/07/2008 - 13:23:42
The head of an Afghan government commission investigating a US military airstrike in Nuristan province this week said it killed 47 civilians travelling to a wedding.
The airstrike on Sunday in Deh Bala district also wounded nine civilians, said Burhanullah Shinwari, the deputy chairman of the Senate, who led the delegation.
The US military on Sunday denied any civilians were killed in the incident. At the time officials said 27 civilians had been killed.
Today, US coalition spokesman First Lieutenant Nathan Perry said that “any loss of innocent life is tragic”.
Mr Shinwari said that 39 of those killed in the airstrike were women and children, including the bride.
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