From Al-Jazeera…

The US-led coalition has admitted there were civilian casualties this week, but said they occurred during fighting with the Taliban in southern Afghanistan.
Witnesses to Tuesday night’s deaths in Helmand province said they were caused by an air raid and that no Taliban fighters were present. Villagers put the toll at about 40.
At the time, Nato, which is also in the country, denied any knowledge of the raid, while the US-led coaltion said it would check the reports.
On Friday, the coalition said in a statement: “There are confirmed reports of civilian casualties; however, it is unknown at this time how many…”

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