US ‘regrets’ killing civilians in air strike
The civilians were killed when US planes pounded a suspected militant hideout in rebel-infested Kunar province late Friday amid the search for a small team of US special forces soldiers, the governor said.
One team member was rescued Saturday but three remain unaccounted for, the television network CNN said. The US squad has been missing since June 28 when rebels downed a helicopter sent to extract them, killing all 16 on board.
