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NATO ‘Regrets’ Killing Children in Southern Afghan Attack -- News from Antiwar.comNATO has issued a statement today expressing deep regret for the killing of three children in the Helmand Province over the weekend, saying that the deaths were accidental and promising further investigation. They also claimed two actual Taliban were killed
The comments were a stark contrast to initial NATO comments about the killings, in which they insisted that even though the three slain were between 8 and 12 years old, all of them were Taliban.
Family members say the children were sent out to gather dung, which is dried and used as fuel during the harsh winters in mountainous Afghanistan. Local tribal leaders confirmed bags of the dung were found at the attack site.
What wasnt found at the site were the two Taliban supposedly killed in the attack