Call to protect Afghan civilians
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The Red Cross calls on warring parties in Afghanistan to do more to protect civilians as the conflict spreads.
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Afghan police say more civilians have been killed by foreign forces, but Nato says it is not aware of civilian deaths.
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President Hamid Karzai accused NATO and U.S.-led troops Saturday of carelessly killing scores of Afghan civilians and warned that the fight against resurgent Taliban militants could fail unless foreign forces show more restraint.
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NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer urged alliance countries to take action to lower civilian casualties from fighting in Afghanistan on Friday, saying such incidents could undermine the mission.
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The NATO chief on Friday called on Afghanistan to improve its government and strengthen its security forces to step up the fight against the Taliban.
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THE United States government warned its citizens in Afghanistan to keep a low profile today after a car bomb hit a private American security firm, killing about at least 12 people.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan officials said 25 civilians, including three infants and nine women, were killed in NATO airstrikes yesterday in southern Afghanistan. NATO said today that about 20 insurgents were killed in the battle and 60 more died along the border with Pakistan.
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The head of Nato calls for an investigation into the killing of 25 civilians in an air strike in southern Afghanistan.
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The Red Cross calls for government forces and insurgents in Somalia to protect civilians amid clashes.
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The death of the children may well add to the crescendoing anger many Afghans feel about civilian casualties from American and NATO military operations.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday condemned the deaths of 10 civilians shot by U.S. troops after an attack on their convoy over the weekend.
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President Hamid Karzai has called on neighbouring countries to prevent militants crossing into Afghanistan through poorly monitored borders and cooperate in the "fight against terror."
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Afghanistan's government said on Saturday it was checking reports of heavy civilian casualties caused by NATO and U.S. air strikes in two areas of the country.
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JALALABAD, Afghanistan  - Eight Afghan civilians were killed on Sunday when Western troops opened fire after a suicide car-bomber attacked their convoy in the east of the country, police said.
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Campaigning is under  way for Afghanistan's presidential poll, amid warnings of insecurity and intimidation.
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Incidents of civilian deaths in airstrikes and other military action by international forces in Afghanistan:
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KABUL, July 7 -- Afghan elders said Saturday that 108 civilians were killed this week in a bombing campaign in western Afghanistan, and villagers in the northeast said 25 Afghans died in airstrikes.