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US-led night raid kills 3 civilians in south Afghanistan

06 November 2012 23:48 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. At least three Afghan civilians have been killed and several others were injured in a night raid carried out by the US-led troops in the troubled southern Afghanistan, APA reports quoting Press TV.

According to Afghan officials, the deadly incident took place in Lashkar Gah in volatile southern Helmand Province on Monday night.

US-led Western military alliance has confirmed the raid and killings. The US-led military coalition said that militants had been killed in the raid, but there has not been an official statement from any militant group confirming the accounts.

US claims that its operations target militants, but local sources say civilians have been the main victims of the attacks.

Many civilians have lost their lives in the US-led operations in various parts of Afghanistan over the past months, with Afghans becoming increasingly outraged at the seemingly endless number of the deadly assaults.

The United States invaded Afghanistan in 2001 on the pretext of combating terrorism.

The offensive removed the Taliban from power, but years into the invasion, insecurity continues to rise across the country despite the presence of thousands of foreign troops in the war-weary nation.

The US-led war in Afghanistan, which has caused record-high civilian and military casualties, has become the longest military conflict in the American history.