When Will It End?

Killing 16 innocent people to kill 20 of the enemy isn't right.

Afghanistan - President Hamid Karzai ordered an investigation Tuesday into the deaths of at least 16 civilians in one of the deadliest U.S. airstrikes since the American-led invasion in 2001. Another 19 people, meanwhile, were killed in new violence.

Karzai expressed "concern at the coalition forces' decision to bomb civilian areas" at the village of Azizi in Kandahar province, but he also strongly condemned the "terrorists' act of cowardice" in using civilians as human shields.

Karzai is on an official visit to the United Arab Emirates. The statement from his office said that on his return to Kabul he would summon the commander of U.S.-led coalition forces in
Afghanistan for a "full explanation."

The coalition said 20 Taliban were confirmed killed in the airstrike on Azizi late Sunday or early Monday and up to 60 more militants may have died. It said it was looking into reports of civilian casualties. Karzai's statement said 16 civilians were killed.

How many more innocents have to die to make Afghanistan a free and open democracy?

I'll stop here before I break into non-stop profanity.

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