U.S. to look into claim that night attack killed 76 Afghan civilians

Sunday, August 24, 2008

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Scores of Afghan civilians who had gathered in a small village for the memorial ceremony of a militia commander were killed when U.S. and Afghan soldiers launched an attack in the middle of the night, officials and villagers said Saturday.

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