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The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan said he has a "distinctly different" version of the incident Sunday in Farah Province, in which some local officials are claiming more than 100 civilians2 were killed.
Gen. David McKiernan listens to a reporters' question at a press conference in Kabul, (File)
General David McKiernan said the provincial3 governor asked for a U.S. air strike to help Afghan police who were in a long battle Sunday with a fairly large Taliban force, which had beheaded three local officials.
After the battle was over, local residents and the International Committee of the Red Cross claimed there were about two-dozen casualties, but that claim increased as the days went on.
The general said a joint4 U.S.-Afghan investigation5 has been launched, and preliminary information indicates the local reports the civilian1 deaths were caused by the U.S. airstrike are wrong.
"We have some other information that leads us to distinctly different conclusions about the cause of the civilian casualties. I am not going to tell you that right now until I can confirm the facts, but we do have people out there on the ground and will continue to follow this up with our Afghan counterparts to get to the truth," he said.
General McKiernan would not say how he thinks the civilians died, saying he hopes to have the results of the investigation within the next couple of days. But he said the Taliban and other militant6 groups claim civilian casualties after nearly every engagement, and blame coalition7 forces.
He said 25 Taliban fighters were killed in the operation. He could not provide an estimate for the civilian casualties, pending8 the results of the joint investigation.
1 civilian | |
adj.平民的,民用的,民众的 | |
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平民,百姓( civilian的名词复数 ); 老百姓 | |
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adj.省的,地方的;n.外省人,乡下人 | |
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adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合 | |
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n.调查,调查研究 | |
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adj.激进的,好斗的;n.激进分子,斗士 | |
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n.结合体,同盟,结合,联合 | |
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prep.直到,等待…期间;adj.待定的;迫近的 | |
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