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Thanksgiving in Afghanistan: Drone Strike, Dead Child

Source : S Sabawoon/EPA
As most Americans sat down to eat a large Thanksgiving feast on Thursday, a U.S. drone attack in Afghanistan left one child dead and two adult women injured as NATO forces claimed they were trying to kill a lone "known militant" riding on a motorbike in Helmand Province.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai expressed outrage. The latest incident of civilian casualties comes as the Obama administration and Karzai government try to settle on terms for a Bilateral Security Agreement designed to lay out the conditions for the continued presence of U.S. military forces in the country after 2014.

From Common Dreams


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