Afghan Watch

10/28/06: Nato urged to pay for Afghan deaths

[Al-Jazeera] A human rights organisation has called on Nato to compensate the families of civilians it kills in Afghanistan after the alliance admitted "a number" were killed during a bombing raid in the south.

Human Rights Watch said that Nato-led troops were not doing enough to prevent civilian casualties and urged them to set up a programme to pay compensation to victims' families. >> Read More

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10/26/06: NATO raids kill 60 Afghan civilians

[Al-Jazeera] 60 civilians have been killed during NATO raids in S. Afghanistan, the highest civilian death toll in a single operation since 2001 U.S.-led invasion of the country, local officials and civilians said Thursday.