Afghan officials: US airstrikes kill civilians

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Source: CCTV.com | 05-07-2009 09:51

Afghan officials say dozens of civilians have been killed in US-led airstrikes targeting Taliban militants in western Afghanistan's Farah province.

Afghan boys stand in a poppy field as U.S Marines patrol a village in Golestan district of Farah province, May 5,  2009.REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

President Hamid Karzai has ordered a probe into allegations that more than 30 civilians died in Monday's bombing.

Karzai says Afghan and U.S.-led coalition officials are heading to Farah to investigate the incident.

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