NATO strikes' civilian toll pains Karzai - London Free Press

Sat, October 28, 2006 By FREE PRESS NEWS SERVICES KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai expressed "sadness" and "pain" yesterday amid reports that dozens of civilians may have been killed in a NATO operation in southern Afghanistan's Panjwaii district. At a news conference in Kabul, the capital, Karzai did not specify how many civilians died in the NATO bombing and artillery attacks, but said Afghan authorities were investigating. Local Afghan officials put the toll as high as 80 ...