By empty (9/1/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The United States military says it is conducting an inquiry into whether civilians were killed in an air attack in eastern Afghanistan on Monday. Afghan officials and a Danish aid organisation said at least six civilians died in the air raid near the village of Waradesh in the Pech valley. A US military spokeswoman said there were no specific reports of civilian casualties but an inquiry was underway.The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
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