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22 Afghan Road Workers Killed in US Air Strike

Posted Nov 28, 07 5:15 AM CST in World    Editor's Choice

(Newser) – A coalition air strike based on faulty intelligence killed at least 22 Afghan road workers today, said Afghan officials. The engineers and laborers were building a road for US forces in the mountains of Nuristan in the east. They were asleep in two tents when the bombardment killed all of them, said the company director.

"All of our poor workers have been killed," he said. "I don't think the Americans were targeting our people." The misguided bombing comes in the wake of pressure from Afghan President Hamid Karzai to prevent civilian deaths.

Source Associated Press

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"All of our poor workers are killed," said Sayed Noorullah Jalili, director of the Kabul-based road construction company Amerifa, after US bombs struck tents where employees were sleeping. (AP Photo/Musadeq...   (Associated Press)
An Afghan police officer, left, passes by the main office of Amerifa Construction Company in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007. U.S.-led coalition troops killed 22 road construction workers...   (Associated Press)
Local workers of the Amerifa Construction Company stand in front of the main office in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007. U.S.-led coalition troops killed 14 road construction workers in...   (Associated Press)
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