Numerous Afghan Citizens Reported Killed In NATO Airstrike

Two A-10 Thunderbolt IIs in-flight over Afghanistan providing aerial security for coalition forces (Sgt. Aaron Allmon/USAF)

Afghan Officials Report 52 Civilians Dead in NATO Strike -- New York Times

KABUL, Afghanistan — In what could be the one of the most serious cases of civilian casualties in nine years of war, top Afghan officials said Monday that 52 people had been killed in a remote region of Helmand Province on Friday when a rocket slammed into a house where women and children had gathered to take shelter from fighting between NATO troops and militants.

President Hamid Karzai condemned the attack as “both morally and humanly unacceptable.”

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More News On This Attack In Afghanistan

Afghan leader blames Nato for Helmand rocket attack -- BBC
Afghan President Says NATO Rocket Killed 52 Civilians -- Voice of America
NATO rocket attack kills 52, Karzai says -- CBC
Afghanistan: Nato to blame for rocket attack that killed dozens -- Guardian
Afghan President Karzai Says NATO Rocket Attack Killed 52 Civilians Friday -- Bloomberg
Karzai orders probe into Afghan civilian deaths -- ABC News (Australia)
NATO rocket killed Afghan civilians -- Sydney Morning Herald

Update: NATO-Afghan Probe of Attack Finds No Civilian Deaths as Karzai Cites 52 -- Bloomberg