Villagers hurt in joint U.S.-Afghan operation

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Villagers hurt in joint U.S.-Afghan operation
By Les Neuhaus, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Monday, October 22, 200


ASADABAD, Afghanistan — A joint U.S.-Afghan military operation dubbed Operation Rock Avalanche launched in northeastern Afghanistan has resulted in 11 villagers being injured, including women and children, U.S. military officials and witnesses said on Sunday.

U.S. Army Lt. Col. David Accetta, a spokesman for the eastern command of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, or ISAF, said he was not sure how they were wounded, but confirmed the incident happened in the Pech district of Kunar province.

“ISAF forces evacuated and treated 11 noncombatants, who were wounded in the area of the Korengal Valley,” Accetta said by telephone from Bagram air base.

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But relatives and four wounded who were still at Camp Wright, a U.S.-Afghan military base near Asadabad, the provincial capital of Kunar, on Sunday said they had been fired upon by coalition troops on the ground and from helicopters.

The wounded at Camp Wright included a 1-year-old baby, a 9-year-old boy, and two women, ages 27 and 35.

The relatives claimed five civilians were killed.


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