Karzai expresses ‘pain' over Afghan civilian deaths - Globe and Mail

Canadian Press Kandahar — President Hamid Karzai expressed “sadness” and “pain” on Friday amid reports that dozens of civilians may have been killed in a NATO operation in southern Afghanistan's Panjwaii district. Speaking at a new conference in the Afghan capital, Mr. Karzai did not specify how many civilians lost their lives in the NATO bombing and artillery attacks, but said Afghan authorities were conducting an investigation. Local Afghan officials put the number ...