Video shows US 'played down' child deaths in Afghan raid

The bodies of at least 10 children and many more adults covered in blankets appear in videos released today, lending weight to Afghan and UN claims that a US-led raid last month killed more civilians than the US reported.

The sounds of wailing women mixed with the voices of men shouting inside a white-walled mosque in the western village of Azizabad, where an Afghan government commission and UN report said some 90 civilians – including 60 children and 15 women – were killed.