Afghan protests over NATO raid in Nangarhar province

[Robb]

Source: BBC

Hundreds of villagers in the Afghan province of Nangarhar are protesting over a Nato raid on Thursday, which they claim killed several civilians.

There is no independent confirmation of the death toll but local estimates vary from six to 11 dead.

Nato officials confirmed an operation targeted a Taliban hideout, but said they were not aware of civilian deaths.

Civilian casualties at Nato hands are the source of increasing friction between the Afghan government and Nato.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8681912.stm

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Other reports have the "protesters" yelling such grassroots phrases as "Long live the Taliban." :eyes:

The local thugs are ticked off, this week Afghan security forces picked up a truckload of "shadow governors" from this area (read: "who will collect our protection money now?"), including Habib Al Rahman, who ran his racket out of Kama.

[elias49]

1. NATO just trying to fix what we (and others) broke?

Good job.

[Flaneur]

2. Will this follow the usual pattern?

NATO denies any civilian deaths.

NATO admits--oops--to having killed civilians.

NAT0 hands out blood money to the aggrieved.