UN calls for probe into Afghan civilian casualties in int'l military operation
Source: SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT August 24, 2008 UNITED NATIONS - The top U.N. official in Afghanistan Saturday called for a thorough investigation of reports that large numbers of civilians were killed during an international military operation in the far west of the country.
Kai Eide, the Secretary-General's Special Representative, issued a statement in which he said he had learned late last night that civilians may have been killed during the operations, carried out by U.S.-led coalition forces, in Shindand district of Herat province.
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