Karzai tells Obama to halt civilian casualties
The US military said it was investigating, and a villager said American forces had given them permission to bury the dead, which he said included 23 children and 10 women. A US spokesman added that “if innocent people were killed in this operation, we apologise and express our condolences.”
The bombing on Monday afternoon of the remote village of Wech Baghtu in the southern province of Kandahar destroyed an Afghan housing complex where women and children had gathered to celebrate, villagers said. Body parts littered the wreckage and nearby farm animals lay dead.
