SLING LOAD - A U.S. Army CH-47F Chinook helicopter sling-loads a Humvee over Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, Dec. 25, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Aubree RundleAfghan Panel: U.S. Attack Killed Civilians -- CNN
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- An Afghan presidential team looking into claims of civilian deaths in a weekend U.S.-led operation said Wednesday that it has confirmed 10 deaths -- all of them civilians and eight of them schoolchildren.
The result of the investigation contradicts a statement by a U.S. military official that nine people were killed in the raid in eastern Afghanistan and that they were all members of an insurgent network.
The attack took place in the Narang district of Kunar province.
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