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US Military Admits Killing 33 Civilians in Afghanistan Air Strike

Afghans are seen over the graves of family members allegedly killed after a US raid on Azizabad in Afghanistan in August. (Photograph: Fraidoon Pooyaa/AP)

The US military has admitted killing 33 civilians in an air strike on a village in Afghanistan in August, far more than it has previously acknowledged.

Following the August 22 attack on Azizabad, in Heart province, the Afghan government claimed that 90 civilians, mainly women and children, were killed. This figure was backed by the UN.

Until now the US has estimated that that no more than seven civilians died in the attack. It launched an inquiry after it emerged that film recorded on mobile phones showed rows of bodies of children and babies in a makeshift morgue.

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