continue the massacres of civilians in Afghanistan as a result of 'friendly fire'. Last Wednesday yet another challenge by the Afghan authorities. The incident reported to the alleged killing of nine children, aged between 10 and 15 years, occurred on March 1 last year during a raid of the international forces in Darah-Ye Pech, in the northeastern province of Kunar . The daily killing of civilians in Afghanistan during operations by international forces of International Security Assistance Force, ISAF, mission support to the Afghan government and operating sulla base di una risoluzione dell'ONU è da sempre duramente criticata dal presidente afghano, Hamid Karzai. Il numero uno di Kabul ha ancora una volta messo in guardia i vertici militari NATO dai grossi problemi che questo potrebbe causare. Da sempre i civili sono le principali vittime in un conflitto. In Afghanistan lo sono ancor di più. Generalmente i civili afgani muoiono a causa di attacchi ribelli e per lo scoppio di ordigni, gli IED. Spesso però, anche nell’ambito di operazioni militari condotte dalle forze della coalizione internazionale Isaf-NATO. Si tratta dei cosiddetti ‘danni collaterali’ come li definiscono i militari e che sono tipici di ogni guerra che però, nel conflitto afghano acquistano una veste ben diversa. Il numero children died as a result of the conflict in Afghanistan has increased by 55 percent in recent years. From a study conducted by military and civilian experts suggest that the tactics of the Taliban is to conduct operations against government forces and tends to attract international in areas where the risk of civilian casualties is high, so as to result in more of innocent victims. Each episode also sees the killing of civilians on the one hand, just because of the clash between the government and coalition and on the other hand, it creates a climate of intimidation and a chaotic situation, and exploited for political propaganda by the Taliban. For ISAF and Afghan government this becomes cause for loss of reputation and credibility in the eyes of the civilian population. For this reason, once again in Afghanistan has increased the tension between Kabul and the forces of the international coalition for the Afghan civilians dead. ISAF, a spokesman said that a joint commission of Afghan and international coalition will investigate the incident as quickly and accurately as possible. The incident occurred last Wednesday is also the commander of international forces in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus said he was deeply sorry and apologized to the Afghan government and the relatives of victims. Petraeus then warned the soldiers who participated in the attack on Tuesday in the province eastern Kunar during which nine civilians were killed, who could face disciplinary action. Yesterday, the U.S. president, Barack Obama, during a telephone conversation with Afghan counterpart Karzai, expressed deep regret about the killing of 9 children. It is not the first time you create friction between ISAF and the Afghan government because of the killing of civilians. The international foreign forces in Afghanistan, two thirds of Americans are regularly accused by the authorities of killing Afghan civilians during their operations against Taliban insurgents. NATO in recent months has admitted some mistakes, but he never fully accepted responsibility. Just two weeks another episode in which provincial and national government authorities in Afghanistan have claimed that another military operation in the international coalition in the same province of Kunar were killed 64 civilians, including 20 women and 29 children. Even in this case, the ISAF has opened an investigation, whose results, however, are not yet known. While aware that the death of civilians ends only to feed the resentment of the public towards the military seen as foreign invaders. The Afghan authorities would like a review of strategy in the war against the Taliban and condemn the massacres of civilians by the 'friendly fire'. Since 2001, when the conflict began in Afghanistan, were at least 10 thousand civilians. Many are been involved in military actions by foreign and Afghan forces and other regular, 76 per cent, were killed by insurgents and the rudimentary weapons, IED, which scatter the militia in the streets. The coalition, however, is also counting its losses in more than nine years of war, which are 2353 men.
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