

Anti-US demonstrations in Afghanistan euronews People take part in a protest after an air strike on Friday in Azizabad district of Shindand, in Afghanistan August 23, 2008.



August 24, 2008





Angry protests have broken out in Afghanistan following the deaths of scores of civilians in an air attack by US-led coalition forces on Friday. Afghan President Hamid Karzai has condemned the air strike.



The father of some victims said the coalition forces should come and see that all those killed were children and not Taliban.



The US military said only armed Taliban militants were killed in Friday�s attack in Shindand district of Herat province. Province police official, Ekramuddin Yawar put the number of dead following the coalition operation at 76.



Hundreds of angry villagers have reportedly attacked Afghan soldiers with stones who were bringing aid to the families of those killed in the attack.The United Nations says nearly 700 civilians were killed in the first six months of this year, the majority of them by Taliban militants.











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