WASHINGTON (AFP) - A US military investigation has found that 33 civilians were killed in an air strike August 22 in western Afghanistan, but that coalition forces acted in keeping with the law of war, the US Central Command said Wednesday.
"The investigation accounted for approximately 22 insurgents and 33 civilian deaths as a result of the operation in Azizabad, which differs from both the initial US-led investigation and those of other organizations in Afghanistan," the command said in a statement.
rces called for close air support after they and Afghan troops came under fire from a suspected Taliban compound in Azizabad, in the western province of Herat, on August 22.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new inquiry by the US military has concluded that US air strikes on an Afghan village in August killed 33 civilians,

WASHINGTON (AFP) � A US military investigation has concluded that at least 33 civilians, including a dozen children, were killed in an air strike August 22

By VOA News A newspaper reports that the US military has found that an American airstrike on a village in Afghanistan killed more civilians than American