“The escalating violence — including a NATO airstrike that killed eight Afghan women and girls gathering firewood — is straining the military partnership between Kabul and NATO as the U.S. begins to withdraw thousands of troops sent three years ago to route the Taliban from southern strongholds.
“Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned the airstrike; the U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force later extended its regrets over those deaths.”
We aren’t talking the “fog of war”, or “collateral damage” here, we’re talking slaughter. And I promise every one of those women and children had families and friends, people who loved them.
“ISAF officials said in a statement that the attack was aimed at about 50 insurgents thought to be in the area. They said they deeply regretted the tragedy and would strive to ensure their troops cause no more civilian casualties.”
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20120917_10.html?play
They “thought” insurgents were in the area. There just aren’t words to describe the horrors our tax dollars perpetrate. And don’t give me the “that’s war” crap. That’s murder. Afghanistan is no danger to the US.