Kabul: International forces apologized on Monday for an air strike in Afghanistan that killed up to 14 civilians in the south-western province Helmand on Saturday.
A joint statement issued on Monday by Gen David Petraeus, Lt Gen David Rodriguez and Marine Maj Gen John Toolan, said the top priority was to prevent civilian casualties and it took such cases very seriously.
It said that the air strike was carried out after a US Marine was killed and five insurgents took cover in a compound in Nawzad district and kept fighting.
The generals admitted that civilians were also in the building, but said that nine civilians had been killed.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai earlier condemned the strike in Helmand.
He said Kabul had repeatedly asked the US to stop raids that killed civilians and this was his “last warning”.
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