In Afghanistan, US and Afghan forces have been accused of killing up to ninety Afghan civilians, including over fifty children, in an air strike in the village of Azizabad last week. A statement from the Afghan Interior Ministry said it was one of deadliest strikes on civilians since the 2001 US-led invasion. On Saturday, hundreds of Afghans staged a protest against the US attack. One of the victims’ father, Abdul Karim, angrily held up his child’s shirt.

Abdul Karim: “Those hypocrites who said that there was the Taliban here and they’re killing innocent people should come and see that all of those who have died are kids, not the Taliban.”

On Sunday, President Hamid Karzai dismissed an Afghan army general and another officer for their part in the commando operation. The US military initially said thirty suspected Taliban fighters were killed in the attack, but the military has announced plans to investigate the killings.