4 Afghans killed in US air raid in Wardak Province
Iran Press TV
Wed Nov 13, 2013 10:8AM GMT
At least six people are killed in the latest US assassination drone strike in the central eastern part of Afghanistan, Press TV reports.
According to Afghan officials, the airstrike was conducted in Maidan Wardak Province, late on Tuesday.
The identity of the victims have yet to be revealed, though Taliban militants are said to be among the dead.
Three other Afghans were also killed in the US-led airstrike in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nuristan, on Tuesday.
Washington has repeatedly claimed that its drone strikes target militants, but reports on the ground suggest that civilians are the main victims of such attacks.
The unrelenting US air raids across the`2 war-torn country come as the pressure is mounting on Washington over the assassination drone attacks in several Muslim countries, mainly Afghanistan and Pakistan.
According to the United Nations, US-operated drone strikes in Pakistan and some other countries pose a growing challenge to the rule of international law.
The UN and several human rights organizations have already identified the US as the world's number one user of 'targeted killings,' largely due to its drone attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
AZA/FKO/MM/PR/HRB
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