Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Posted
10:34 AM
by Gene
An Al Reut stringer phones up:A Taliban spokesman said civilians had also been killed in the operation but Innes had no reports of civilian casualties.
But resident Mohammad Giran said civilians had taken the brunt of the death toll and accused NATO and Afghan troops of firing indiscriminately.
"Bombings happen day and night," Giran told Reuters by mobile phone from Panjwai. "If one Taliban dies, three civilians also get killed. In the past four days, 10 of my relatives have been martyred,
"The joint forces fire upon any one without making sure if he is a Talib or not. I think 20 Taliban may have been killed, the rest are all innocent civilians." If you say so, Al Reut!
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