A recent US probe confirms that Americans had been faulty in carrying out certain airstrikes in western Afghanistan in early May that killed 150 civilians. According to IRIB, citing an unnamed senior US military official, the report said that the US air force and ground troops had made serious mistakes when US war planes bombed suspected Taliban positions.
The report quoted the official as saying “American personnel made significant errors in carrying out some of the air strikes in western Afghanistan on May 4 that killed dozens of Afghan civilians”.
Nearly 150 civilians, including 95 children, were killed last month when US warplanes dropped bombs on two villages in the Bala Baluk district of the western province of Farah.
General Stanley McChrystal warned about the consequences of civilian deaths caused by US and NATO-led forces, saying “this may be the critical point.”
The deadly strikes also sparked days of protests in Kabul and other major cities across the violence-wracked Afghanistan.
Medics told Press TV that some of those wounded in the attack have unusual burns which could have been caused by the flesh-eating chemical — white phosphorus.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has demanded a halt to Washington’s airstrikes in his country following the deadly incident.
Washington says it will not stop airstrikes in Afghanistan which have frequently led to civilian casualties across the war-ravaged country.