UN probing Afghan civilian casualties from US strikes
Tehran (KNA) - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) is investigating allegations of civilian casualties following US airstrikes in Farah and Nimroz provinces.
In a statement released on Monday, the mission said the "aerial operations" were conducted "against reported drug manufacturing facilities" and that it was "actively looking into" those allegations.
"The locations are not easily accessible and there are numerous operational challenges to the verification" of civilians being harmed, UNAMA said.
Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said "150 Taliban terrorists were killed, 40 wounded" in the Farah operations. However, the Taliban denied the facilities were used for drugs and claimed "up to 100" civilians had been killed.
Last month, the mission published a report saying civilians are for the first time being killed in greater numbers by US and pro-government forces than by the Taliban and other militant groups.
Source: PressTV