From: Miroslav Antic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: US bombing kills 40 civilians in Afghan village HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- http://www.abc.net.au/international/stories/s448568.htm Posted: 28/12/2001 4:40:14 AM US bombing kills 40 civilians in Afghan village Some 40 civilians were killed and 20 injured when United States planes pounded a village in eastern Afghanistan, residents said. The Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) said earlier that 25 people were killed, mostly women and children, in the attack on Naka village in Paktika province at 1.00am local time. However, residents arriving in the Pakistani tribal area of North Waziristan, located on the Afghan border, said the toll was much higher. "There is no justification for the attack as there are no Al Qaeda or Taliban Al Qaeda or Taliban in our village," resident Abdul Samad said. Abdul Samad and another resident Jalal Ahmad, said that in addition to the 40 men, women and children killed, the bombing completely destroyed 30 homes as well as many head of cattle. AIP quoted witnesses as saying one of the houses destroyed belonged to Taliban commander Mawlawi Tauhaw. The commander was not at home. US-backed Afghan forces ousted the ruling Taliban from its last stronghold of Kandahar on December 7. _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: anti-imper
