Killings in Night Raid Spark Afghan Protests - WSJ

KABUL—U.S. and Afghan forces killed at least eight people during an overnight raid in eastern Afghanistan, sparking protests by hundreds of villagers who said the dead were farmers, not insurgents.

Officials in Nangarhar province, where the raid took place, were split Friday on what exactly happened in the latest raid. Provincial government spokesman Ahmad Zia Abdulzai said 10 civilians were killed.

But a senior member on the staff of the provincial governor, Gul Agha Shirzai, a staunch U.S. ally, expressed uncertainty over who exactly was slain. - Allied Raid in Afghanistan Kills Eight, Sparks Protests - WSJ.com

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