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Villagers claim 150 civilians dead in NATO Air Raid
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September 5, 2009
KUNDUZ CITY (PAN): Residents of Chahar Dara district in northern Kunduz province say more than 150 civilians were killed and 20 others wounded in Friday’s air strike by NATO-led forces.
The bombing in Haji Aman village came as insurgents and residents emptied oil into jerry canes from tankers hijacked by Taliban militants from the Kunduz-Baghlan Highway.
Inhabitants of the area told Pajhwok Afghan News all those killed in the bombardment were civilians and there were no Taliban at the site at the time the attack took place. Fighters had left the scene after they asked the people to take fuel for free.
An elder from Sarak-i-Bala neighbourhood, Abdul Rahim, said 15 children were among the 50 people of Yaqubi village killed in the bombing raid.
The man, who lost two sons in the incident, argued: "Poverty brought us to this stage." No guerrillas were among the dead, he said, explaining the fighters well before the deadly assault.
A 50-year-old woman bitterly cried while standing in front of her ruined house. She said her three sons, husband and a grandson perished in the bombardment. Locals showed this reporter as many as 50 graves of civilian victims.
In the Maulvi Naeem village, residents said 20 civilians were killed in the incident. Haji Najmuddin, a tribal elder, lost two nephews. He claimed chemicals bombs were dropped on the villagers. Clothes of his nephews were not damaged but their bodies were badly charred, the man argued.
This reporter saw the graves of those killed in the air strike. Seventy of the fatalities were from Yaqubi and Maulvi Naeem villages and the rest from three other areas.
Meanwhile, Kunduz Governor Eng. Muhammad Omar said a delegation from Kabul had arrived in the district to investigate the incident and determine the exact number of civilian deaths.
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September 5, 2009
KUNDUZ CITY (PAN): Residents of Chahar Dara district in northern Kunduz province say more than 150 civilians were killed and 20 others wounded in Friday’s air strike by NATO-led forces.
The bombing in Haji Aman village came as insurgents and residents emptied oil into jerry canes from tankers hijacked by Taliban militants from the Kunduz-Baghlan Highway.
Inhabitants of the area told Pajhwok Afghan News all those killed in the bombardment were civilians and there were no Taliban at the site at the time the attack took place. Fighters had left the scene after they asked the people to take fuel for free.
An elder from Sarak-i-Bala neighbourhood, Abdul Rahim, said 15 children were among the 50 people of Yaqubi village killed in the bombing raid.
The man, who lost two sons in the incident, argued: "Poverty brought us to this stage." No guerrillas were among the dead, he said, explaining the fighters well before the deadly assault.
A 50-year-old woman bitterly cried while standing in front of her ruined house. She said her three sons, husband and a grandson perished in the bombardment. Locals showed this reporter as many as 50 graves of civilian victims.
In the Maulvi Naeem village, residents said 20 civilians were killed in the incident. Haji Najmuddin, a tribal elder, lost two nephews. He claimed chemicals bombs were dropped on the villagers. Clothes of his nephews were not damaged but their bodies were badly charred, the man argued.
This reporter saw the graves of those killed in the air strike. Seventy of the fatalities were from Yaqubi and Maulvi Naeem villages and the rest from three other areas.
Meanwhile, Kunduz Governor Eng. Muhammad Omar said a delegation from Kabul had arrived in the district to investigate the incident and determine the exact number of civilian deaths.
Afghan Resistance Statement
Regarding the Mass Murders of Civilians in Kunduz
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Rahmatullah, 19, a victim of Friday' NATO air strike, tries to sit up on his bed in a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009.
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Ramadan 14, 1430 A.H, September 5, 2009
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
It is to be said with great sorrow and grief that the merciless crusaders once again resorted to killing tens of common people in Haji Abdur Rahman village, Ali Abad district, Kunduz province last night as a result of a ruthless bombardment. Those who were killed belonged to this area and the surrounding villages.
They were taking fuel from the tankers which had been left behind by the enemy who had fled after an armed clash in the area (with (Mujahideen).
Due to poverty and penury, the people had gathered to take fuel from the tankers without owner. They were busy taking fuel, when American jets made heavy bombardment and killed 150 villagers most of them children and adolescents.
This crime and atrocity, in the eye of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is intolerable. We strongly condemn this atrocious event and consider the members of the Crusading Alliance and the surrogate officials of the Kabul regime the sole perpetrators of this callous and merciless act. We view them as despicable for this deed of theirs.
We are sharing the pains and grief of the families who have lost their members or received injuries in this horrendous event. We pray to Allah, the Almighty to accept the martyrdom of the martyrs and bestow patience and substitute on the bereaved families.
This horrific event in Kunduz province occurs in a time that the defense minister of the puppet administration in Kabul had accused Mujahideen yesterday of having killed hundreds of common people last month. He also tried to implicate Mujahideen in some pre-planned explosions and events which, in fact, is the handiwork of the intelligence agencies of the invaders.
Our esteemed countrymen may have taken notice of the claims of the governor of Kunduz as he said the event was the result of the tankers explosion brought about by the internal quarrelling of the people present there. But his endeavor to veil this event came to fail when the spokeswoman of NATO confirmed the news of bombardment.
In our view, the dreadful event in Kunduz is a clear-cut crime and intentional genocide. This can never be justified by saying this was a mistake.
We urge the human rights watch and human rights advocacy institutes, the United Nations and all independent entities and governments to strongly condemn this event and fulfill their humane and moral duty to prevent such events from being repeated in future.
We remind the perpetrators of this event, the Obama administration, and the leadership of NATO and the surrogates of Kabul that you will never be able to weaken the determination of a free people who have decided to continue their struggle for an Islamic system and independence of the country. Such crimes and bestiality only unveil their anti-human feature which they have kept concealed from the people of the world until now.
The leadership of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan expresses its sympathy with the miserable and oppressed people and prays to Allah, the Almighty to fold up the black blanket of the occupation of the Crusaders from our beloved country so that our people will take a breath of solace in the shade of an Islamic system and an independent regime.
This is an easy task for Allah to accomplish.
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
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