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Afghanistan: Local Officials Say U.S. Airstrikes Kill 16 Civilians

HeadlineAug 14, 2017

In Afghanistan, local officials say U.S. airstrikes killed 16 civilians, including women and children, on Thursday as the civilians were fleeing an ISIS-controlled area in eastern Afghanistan. One local resident, Mohammada Khan, who works as a truck driver, told The New York Times he lost six members of his family in the U.S. attack, including two children and two women. The Pentagon is claiming the victims of the U.S. airstrikes were militants.

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