Experts warn that rising number of civilian casualties at hands of Afghan forces is eroding Kabul’s efforts to fight TalibanThe children were sitting outside the village mosque,enjoying rays of early morning sunshine, when the shooting broke out. Eight of them were killed on the spot, and said village residents. A ninth child died later in a hospital in Kabul,two hours’ drive absent.
The death of nine children at the hands of government soldiers in Afghanistan’s central Wardak province on Friday has provoked infuriate and protests – and underscored once again the shortcomings of theforeign-trained security forces.
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Source: theguardian.com