US-led troops kill 3 Afghan civilians

US-led soldiers have fatally shot three farmers in Afghanistan’s central province of Wardak amid growing civilian casualties prompted by the US-led occupation of the war-torn country.

The farmers were targeted in Band-e-Chak district of the province on Wednesday as they were working on farm lands, a Press TV correspondent reported.

Shahidullah Shahid, spokesman for Wardak’s governor, also confirmed the shooting.

The incident comes as the United Nations has reported that 2,412 Afghan civilians were killed and 3,803 wounded between January and October of last year — up 20 percent compared to the same period in 2009.

Hundreds of civilians have lost their lives in US-led airstrikes and ground operations in various parts of Afghanistan over the past few months, with Afghans becoming increasingly outraged over the seemingly endless number of deadly assaults.

The US-led war in Afghanistan has become the longest war in US history.

The surge in violence comes despite the presence of nearly 150,000 foreign troops engaged in the so-called war on terrorism.