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Tue 31 Aug, 2004 08:01 pm
KABUL, Afghanistan - U.S. warplanes bombed an Afghan village in the heat of a battle between U.S.-led forces and insurgents, killing more than a dozen people and striking the camp of a Danish relief group.
The clash late Monday in Kunar province highlights the risks relief workers face in lawless and impoverished regions of southern and eastern Afghanistan where coalition forces often clash with Taliban rebels.
The U.S. military said the airstrikes countered an attack by militants on American and Afghan soldiers and that it had killed more than a dozen rebels.
But Afghan officials said the dead included five unarmed civilians.
We're only doing this for your own good . . . sit still, now, this will only hurt a little . . .