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US Accused of New Civilian Killings in Afghanistan

HeadlineDec 19, 2008

The US military is being accused of another deadly attack on innocent civilians in Afghanistan. Afghan officials say three family members were killed and another two wounded when US troops raided their home in the village of Kundi, near Afghanistan’s border with Pakistan. The soldiers fatally shot the family’s father and mother and a male relative. A four-year-old boy was bitten by a US military attack dog.

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