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From: Ina Iankulova (iiankulova@sorosny.org)
Date: Mon Apr 14 2003 - 10:22:58 EDT
AFGHAN LEADER EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER CIVILIAN DEATHS
Afghan Transitional Administration Chairman Hamid Karzai has expressed "profound concern" over the deaths of 11 civilians as a result of a stray bomb dropped by a U.S. aircraft near Shkin in Paktika Province (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 9 April 2003), Radio Afghanistan reported on 10 April. Karzai has sent a government delegation to the region to provide emergency aid to the families of the victims and issued a statement requesting that coalition forces exert caution in their military maneuvers. Analysts have expressed concern that these latest civilian casualties will serve to increase anti-U.S. sentiment in the already tense region of eastern Afghanistan. KM
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