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US forces kill 4 Afghan civilians

At least four Afghan civilians have been killed after US military forces attacked a residential area in the war-torn country’s eastern province of Kunar, Press TV reports.

According to Afghan officials, the blast took place late Friday in Asmar district, killing at least four civilians and injuring another six, a Press TV correspondent reported on Saturday.

The western military alliance claims to have targeted militants in the troubled region.

However, eye-witnesses and local sources said all those killed in the attack were civilians.

A new report has found that more than 700 Afghan children were killed in 2010.

Hundreds of civilians have lost their lives in US-led airstrikes and ground operations in different parts of the war-ravaged country over the past months.

The attacks have killed large numbers ofsince the onset of the US-led invasion of the country in 2001.

Civilian casualties caused by NATO attacks have been a major source of tension between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the US-led military alliance.

The loss of civilian lives at the hand of foreign forces has dramatically increased anti-American sentiments in Afghanistan.

The US-led war in Afghanistan, with civilian and military casualties at record highs, has become the longest war in the US history.

Insecurity continues to rise across Afghanistan because of the presence of nearly 150,000 Us-led forces in the war-ravaged country.

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