Kabul: US-led Forces Kill 52 Civilians

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has confirmed that a recent US-led NATO air strike killed at least 52 civilians including several women and children.

Karzai said on Monday that NATO troops fired a rocket that killed "52 innocent civilians" in southern Afghanistan.

The government sources say that the attack happened on Friday when civilians crammed into a house to flee the exchange of fire between NATO troops and alleged militants.'

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