BBC NEWS | South Asia | US admits higher Afghan raid toll

A US military inquiry has found that an air strike on militants in western Afghanistan on 22 August killed many more civilians than first acknowledged. US Central Command said 33 civilians, not seven, had died in the village of Azizabad in Herat province. While voicing regret, it said US forces had followed rules of engagement. Officials from the UN and the Afghan government say up to 90 people -

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Oct. 08 2008/’The majority of the dead captured on the video were children, babies and toddlers, some burned so badly they were barely recognisable.’/’US forces had originally said seven civilians were killed in a "successful" US raid’