100 More Civilians Killed, Afghans Say

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Just a week after Afghan President Hamid Karzai chastised international forces for being "careless," Afghan officials reported Saturday that possibly 100 or more civilians had been killed in a NATO and U.S.-led assault.

The battle in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, which was prompted by a Taliban ambush, began Friday night and continued into Saturday morning, Afghan officials said. It ended with international forces bombing several compounds in the remote village of Hyderabad.

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100 More Civilians Killed, Afghans Say

"More than 100 people have been killed. But they weren't Taliban. The Taliban were far away from there," said vWali Khan, a member of par...

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