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BAGRAM, Afghanistan —
A U.S. warplane called in to
support allied Afghans under
fire mistakenly bombed a
house Wednesday, killing 11
civilians. It was the worst
friendly-fire incident in
Afghanistan in nine months.
Afghan authorities con
demned the bombing, and the
UiS. military said it was not
clear why the bomb missed its
target: a group of assailants
attacking a checkpoint.
The 20 attackers earlier
fought a brief battle with
Pakistani soldiers deployed on
the Pakistan side of the border,
U.S. military spokesman Lt.
Col. Douglas Lefforge said. It
was unclear whether they came
from Pakistan.
The assailants then headed
toward the Afghan checkpoint
just east of Shkin, 135 miles
south of Kabul, and opened fire,
wounding four Afghan soldiers.
Americans sent four armored
Humvees with at least 16 U.S.
soldiers to the scene and called
in two Harrier attack jets,
Lefforge said.
The attackers fled, apparent
ly splitting into two groups. One
of the planes fired a 30 mm can
non and dropped a 1,000-pound
laser-guided bomb that crashed
into the house.
“Coalition forces never inten
tionally target civilian locations,”
Lefforge said. “The bomb missed
the intended target and landed on
the house.”
Whether “it was a technical
malfunction or bad coordinates
or anything like that, we just
Eleven Afghan civilians were
killed when a bomb dropped by
an American warplane landed
on a home near the border with
Pakistan.
SOURCES: Associated Press; ESRI AP
simply don’t know yet,"
Lefforge said.
American troops arriving at
the bomb site found one
injured survivor and took him
and the four wounded Afghan
soldiers to a U.S. base near the
eastern town of Khost. No U.S.
soldiers were injured.
“To the families of the
Afghan citizens accidentally
killed in a bombing in
Afghanistan ... we send our sin
cere condolences,” Air Force
Gen. Richard Myers, chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said
at a Pentagon briefing
Wednesday. “We sincerely
regret the incident.”
Mohammed Ali Jalali, the
governor of eastern Paktika
province where Shkin is located,
condemned the killings and said
he discussed the incident with
U.S. officials.
“They were neither al-
Qaida nor Taliban," Jalali told
The Associated Press by tele
phone. “They were only inno
cent civilians.”
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forces caused major civilii
casualties was July 1, whenj
civilians were killed and II
more were wounded by f|
from an Air Force AC-1
gunship that attacked sevei
villages in Afghanistai
Uruzgan province, accordi
to Afghan officials.
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Pakistani town of Angos
Adda, shopkeeper Muhammi
Ramzan said witnesses to
him Wednesday’s victii
mostly were women and els
dren of the Ahmedzai tribe.
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with this bombing because
people had nothing to do li
the attack on allied forces
Ramzan said.
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troops — 8,500 of tk
American — are in Afghani:
hunting rebel fighters
former Taliban regime, al-i
and their allies.
About 100 American
diers are based at Shkin
area that has been the target
several rocket attacks
ambushes in recent weeks
Afghan authorities
Taliban remnants are reorgat-
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Afghanistan, in efforts I
destabilize the fledgling go
ernment of U.S.-back
President Hamid Karzai.
Lefforge said 500 U:
troops launched a fresh operi
tion dubbed Resolute Strike
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SEOUL, South Korea — The United States
will move its main military base in South Korea
out of the capital as soon as possible, a U.S. offi
cial said Wednesday
For decades, the Yongsan Garrison in the heart
of Seoul has been a symbol of the U.S.-South
Korean military alliance forged during the 1950-
1953 Korean War.
The headquarters also has become a source of
friction in recent years. Some South Koreans com
plain that U.S. forces occupy valuable real estate and
sometimes cause trouble in nearby neighborhoods.
“Both the Republic of Korea side and the
United States have decided that this is an issue
that can’t wait any longer for resolution,” U.S.
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Richard
Lawless said after two days of talks with South
Korean officials.
Thousands of U.S. soldiers and their families live
on the base, which covers 800 acres and houses a
hospital, a radio and television station, and schools
for U.S. military dependents.
Lawless did not give a time frame or a possible
new site for the headquarters, which oversees the
37,000 U.S. soldiers in South Korea.
“We have committed to one another that we
would proceed ... as fast as possible to solve what
is admittedly a very complex and complici
issue,” Lawless said.
Lawless represented the U.S. side in
redeploying American troops in South Koi£a.L!
month. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumstf
said troops near the border between
Koreas could be shifted south, moved toot
countries in the region or brought home
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any redeployment plans must not weaken thei'
nations’ ability to deter the North Korean
“The two sides agreed that there would be
compromise in the combined deterrence of ll* :x P ressi °n
forces throughout the process of realignment,
said.
The two sides plan to meet at least everyt
months to determine details of redeployment,ol
cials said.
Tensions with North Korea are high because
the North’s suspected nuclear weapons
but Seoul and Washington want a peaceful
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presence, and some benefit economically fc
it. The South Korean government regards
U.S. troops as a “tripwire” that automatical!
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