In Afghanistan, U.S. and NATO forces have killed up to 25 Afghan civilians in a pair of attacks over the past day. Last night a NATO warplane bombed a house in the Kapisa province. Afghan officials said five women, three boys and a man were killed. The airstrike came just hours after U.S. troops opened fire on a busy highway killing up to 16 civilians. Local residents said the U.S. troops began shooting indiscriminately at civilian cars and pedestrians after a suicide car bomber and gunmen ambushed a U.S. convoy. Thousands of protesters took to the streets following the highway shootings. Demonstrators chanted “Death to America” and “Death to Karzai”.

Sher Gul, protester: “The foreign troops have come for the destruction of Muslims, they have not come here for the good of people. They want to destroy this country.”