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Afghan Women, Children Among Dozens of Victims of NATO Strike

HeadlineOct 27, 2006

New details have emerged in the killings of dozens of Afghan civilians by a NATO air strike earlier this week. Local leaders say the attack occurred in the village of Panjwayi. Residents were celebrating the end of the month-long holiday fast of Ramadan. Between fifty to eighty five people were slain — most of them women and children. Dozens more were wounded and several homes destroyed in over four hours of continuous bombing. At least twenty people were buried in a mass grave. Abdul Aye, a resident of a nearby village, said: “Everyone is very angry at the government and the coalition. There was no Taliban. These tragedies just keep continuing.”

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