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I originally got this story off an RSS feed of AP, but when I clicked on the AP article, it had an article on Taliban kidnapping 50 people. This has never happened before. 
Anyway, other media sources picked up on the release after AP revised/deleted/misdirected their original article...
"KABUL, Afghanistan — A NATO airstrike targeting Taliban fighters Friday accidentally killed seven civilians, including three children, in the southern province of Helmand, one of the most insecure regions in the country, Afghan officials said.
NATO officials are investigating the episode. It occurred in the Now Zad district when the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force called in an airstrike on two vehicles believed to be carrying a Taliban leader and his associates. A NATO team assessing the damage discovered the civilians after the airstrike.
NATO officials have not disclosed how many civilians were killed and wounded, and did not say whether suspected Taliban were among the casualties.
Afghan officials in Helmand said the dead included two men, two women and three children. Three more children and two adults were wounded, the Helmand governor’s office said in a statement late Saturday."
Full story @ http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/27/world/asia/27afghanistan.html
Anyway, other media sources picked up on the release after AP revised/deleted/misdirected their original article..."KABUL, Afghanistan — A NATO airstrike targeting Taliban fighters Friday accidentally killed seven civilians, including three children, in the southern province of Helmand, one of the most insecure regions in the country, Afghan officials said.
NATO officials are investigating the episode. It occurred in the Now Zad district when the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force called in an airstrike on two vehicles believed to be carrying a Taliban leader and his associates. A NATO team assessing the damage discovered the civilians after the airstrike.
NATO officials have not disclosed how many civilians were killed and wounded, and did not say whether suspected Taliban were among the casualties.
Afghan officials in Helmand said the dead included two men, two women and three children. Three more children and two adults were wounded, the Helmand governor’s office said in a statement late Saturday."
Full story @ http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/27/world/asia/27afghanistan.html
