Hundreds of people marched Sunday in downtown Kabul against the killing of civilians by the action of the international troops deployed in the country. Recent weeks have been particularly ominous in this regard, especially in eastern Afghanistan, while international attention focuses on the riots in the Maghreb and the country has ceased to occupy the headlines in the media.
The governor of Kunar province, Wahidi Fazlullah, denounced the February 20 death of 51 civilians, mostly women and children, following a raid by international troops. The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (ISAF) announced it would open an investigation. A day later, on February 21, ISAF admitted mistakenly killing "civilians", without specifying the number, in another neighboring province, of Nangarhar, also for a bombing.
The straw that broke the camel has, however, has been an attack on Tuesday March 1, also in Kunar, which killed a dozen children of 9-15 years, searching for firewood in the forest. U.S. forces mistook them for insurgents, after one of their bases was attacked, and put them in your target.
Only one girl saved his life. The next day, the ISAF issued a statement of apology, acknowledging the error and reporting it would investigate the incident and even, if necessary, take disciplinary measures against those responsible. The statement also included statements of apology from the commander himself head of international troops in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus, something quite unusual.
The president, Barack Obama, also made contact with his Afghan counterpart, Hamid Karzai, to show his regret for what happened. None of this helped to calm things down, let alone after some local media would reflect the chilling testimony of the child who was saved. Little explained how two international forces helicopters flying over the area where they were, and how after the lit with a green light and were killed one by one.
He was spared because his body was covered by a falling tree as a result of the attack. This Sunday's demonstration in Kabul were the families of all those children who died in the bombing, but also scores of others with photographs of the bodies of dead creatures, and some of the wounded in recent attacks.
The images impressed to see them: bodies burned and mutilated, many of them minors. "Gift of American human rights," read some placards sarcastically, referring to the victims. Other demands for the withdrawal of international troops in Afghanistan, and that is what many protesters also chanted.
Also also shouted slogans against the government of Hamid Karzai, and burned an effigy with a portrait of Obama, which symbolized the American president. The same as just two years ago, when he reached the White House, he saw Afghanistan as a hope for the situation in the country. The protest took place peacefully, and it also included dozens of women, some even shouting slogans, "unusual in Afghanistan in a public act of this nature.
Karzai, hours later, issued a statement noting that "civilian deaths are not acceptable anymore." 
The governor of Kunar province, Wahidi Fazlullah, denounced the February 20 death of 51 civilians, mostly women and children, following a raid by international troops. The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (ISAF) announced it would open an investigation. A day later, on February 21, ISAF admitted mistakenly killing "civilians", without specifying the number, in another neighboring province, of Nangarhar, also for a bombing.
The straw that broke the camel has, however, has been an attack on Tuesday March 1, also in Kunar, which killed a dozen children of 9-15 years, searching for firewood in the forest. U.S. forces mistook them for insurgents, after one of their bases was attacked, and put them in your target.
Only one girl saved his life. The next day, the ISAF issued a statement of apology, acknowledging the error and reporting it would investigate the incident and even, if necessary, take disciplinary measures against those responsible. The statement also included statements of apology from the commander himself head of international troops in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus, something quite unusual.
The president, Barack Obama, also made contact with his Afghan counterpart, Hamid Karzai, to show his regret for what happened. None of this helped to calm things down, let alone after some local media would reflect the chilling testimony of the child who was saved. Little explained how two international forces helicopters flying over the area where they were, and how after the lit with a green light and were killed one by one.
He was spared because his body was covered by a falling tree as a result of the attack. This Sunday's demonstration in Kabul were the families of all those children who died in the bombing, but also scores of others with photographs of the bodies of dead creatures, and some of the wounded in recent attacks.
The images impressed to see them: bodies burned and mutilated, many of them minors. "Gift of American human rights," read some placards sarcastically, referring to the victims. Other demands for the withdrawal of international troops in Afghanistan, and that is what many protesters also chanted.
Also also shouted slogans against the government of Hamid Karzai, and burned an effigy with a portrait of Obama, which symbolized the American president. The same as just two years ago, when he reached the White House, he saw Afghanistan as a hope for the situation in the country. The protest took place peacefully, and it also included dozens of women, some even shouting slogans, "unusual in Afghanistan in a public act of this nature.
Karzai, hours later, issued a statement noting that "civilian deaths are not acceptable anymore."
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