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Nato regret over civilian deaths
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
US Brig Gen Lewis Boone, at a press conference in Kabul during which Nato said it regretted killing eight Afghan civilians (AP)
enlargeThe coalition dropped two bombs on February 8 in Najrab district in Kapisa province, after movements by eight people on the ground were assessed as a threat to Afghan police and Nato forces in the area.
Air Commodore Mike Wigston, the director of Nato air operations, said that the international forces believed they were "young teenagers" who were armed.
Local officials said seven were boys between the ages of six and 14 and one was a mentally ill young man aged around 18 to 20.
US General John Allen, the top commander in Afghanistan, has met with the provincial governor to express his condolences.
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