Karzai asks NATO to explain civilian deaths
President Hamid Karzai called the top U.S. and NATO general in Afghanistan again to explain civilian casualties caused by international forces, while an insurgent attack Sunday on a security checkpoint killed five police, an official said. Karzai asked Gen. David McKiernan to explain the reported deaths of six civilians in two incidents, Karzai’s office said late Saturday. It was the second time in three days Karzai brought up the topic with McKiernan. On Thursday, the U.S. general
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