{"id":15113,"date":"2012-10-28T08:55:09","date_gmt":"2012-10-28T12:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theredphoenixapl.org\/?p=15113"},"modified":"2012-10-28T08:55:09","modified_gmt":"2012-10-28T12:55:09","slug":"nato-airstrike-kills-three-afghan-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redphoenix.news\/es\/2012\/10\/nato-airstrike-kills-three-afghan-children\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO Airstrike Kills Three Afghan Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redphoenixnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/afghanistan-children12.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15114\" title=\"Enduring Freedom\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redphoenixnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/afghanistan-children12.jpg?resize=490%2C326\" height=\"326\" width=\"490\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><strong>NATO officials said they were targeting insurgents and would look into claims that children were killed<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><strong>by John Glaser<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">A NATO airstrike killed<\/span> <span style=\"color:#0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/afp\/article\/ALeqM5gsKlY5p9pGOdUoYyI3Vgs5vc3uLg?docId=CNG.48a13d603883115f2e07106e77e273aa.8a1\"><span style=\"color:#0000ff;\">three children in Afghanistan<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;\">\u2018s Helmand province on Sunday, Afghan officials said Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">\u201cTwo Taliban mine-planters were identified and targeted by ISAF from the air and killed,\u201d district police chief Ahmad Shah Khan told AFP. \u201dThree children, two boys and a girl, who were nearby collecting firewood were also killed,\u201d Khan added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">The claim that two insurgents and three children were killed was corroborated by another Afghan official in Helmand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">The US-led coalition in Afghanistan confirmed the airstrike took place and said three insurgents were killed, but that it would investigate the claims that children were killed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">NATO airstrikes rather frequently<\/span> <span style=\"color:#0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/antiwar.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/16\/killing-children-in-afghanistan\/\"><span style=\"color:#0000ff;\">kill innocent Afghan children<\/span><\/a><\/span> <span style=\"color:#000000;\">and other civilians in a war that a large segment across the American political spectrum now believes is useless and a failure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">The NATO response to killing innocents in airstrikes is typically to claim an investigation has started, or that they<\/span> <span style=\"color:#0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2012\/05\/07\/us-adimts-killing-innocent-afghan-family-in-airstrike\/\"><span style=\"color:#0000ff;\">formally apologize.<\/span><\/a><\/span> <span style=\"color:#000000;\">No accountability for the loss of life is forced on the military occupiers who are needlessly killing Afghans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2012\/10\/15\/nato-airstrike-kills-three-afghan-children\/\"><span style=\"color:#0000ff;\">Fuente<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NATO officials said they were targeting insurgents and would look into claims that children were killed by John Glaser A NATO airstrike killed three 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