KABUL: At least 60 civilians were killed in air strikes conducted by the US-led coalition forces in southern Afghanistan, said an official on Tuesday.

“The aircraft pounded three villages namely Deh Jauze, Sarosah and Kakrak, 12 km away from Trinkot, the provincial capital of Uruzgan, early on Monday. The strikes lasted from 1:00 am to 4:00 am,” said Abdul Khaliq, a provincial official.

Around 30 people were injured in the air strikes, he added. Meanwhile, the US military rejected these claims as baseless.
indiatimes.com

Backing away from Afghanistan no option: UN
KABUL (Reuters) – The international community underestimated the ability of the Taliban to recover from their 2001 defeat and the world should now respond by stepping up support for Afghanistan, the United Nations said on Monday.

An announcement by Britain expected on Monday that it will send more troops was “excellent news” and other countries should increase help, whether military, political or financial, the U.N. secretary-general’s special representative said. “These are difficult times for Afghanistan. These are difficult times for the south, but backing away is not an option,” the special representative for Afghanistan, Tom Koenigs, told a news conference.

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