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* * *Iran expresses disappointment over NATO air strikes on civilians* * * *05-31-2011, 12:58:24 * *ISNA - Tehran * TEHRAN (ISNA)-Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast voiced disappointment on Tuesday at NATO attack in Helmand Province, Afghanistan which claimed lives of some civilians. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) helicopters killed 14 women and children in a bungled airstrike in Helmand Province. Mehmanparast said NATO forces have been deployed in Afghanistan for 10 years and added, "escalating extremism, violence and drug cultivation as well as increased civilian victims have been gains of continuous NATO presence in Afghanistan." "Killing of defenseless civilians in Afghanistan by those who sent troops to the country under the excuse of establishment of security has made Afghans more resolute to pursue their demand which is withdrawal of the forces from their country," the spokesman added. http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9003100919 14:05 | 2011-05-31 *Iran Denounces NATO's Air Raids on Afghan Civilians * * * *TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday denounced the air attacks waged by the NATO forces against civilians in Afghanistan's Helmand province. * "The growth of extremism, the return of violence, increase in production of drugs and massacre of civilians are the achievements of NATO's continued presence in the country," Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast said on Tuesday. "Massacre of the defenseless Afghan citizens by those who have invaded the country under the pretext of establishing security has strengthened the resolve of the Afghan people to pursue their demand for the withdrawal of these forces from their country," he added. Mehman-Parast expressed the hope that with the withdrawal of the foreign forces and full establishment of the Afghan rule over the country, the Afghan people, specially those in the Helmand province, would be able to witness security and stability. Fourteen civilians including five women and seven children were killed and six others, including three children, were wounded on Sunday in an air attack of the NATO forces in Helmand province.
