MORE than 130 Afghan civilians were killed in three villages near
the Taliban's southern stronghold of Kandahar after intense US
bombing raids, the Afghan Islamic Press has reported.
It said the final civilian death toll from the attacks in the three
villages could exceed 300, with 133 bodies already recovered from
one community called Shah Aga.
The Pakistan-based news agency said Shah Aga was one of two villages
in Khakrez district, about 70km north-west of Kandahar, which were
completely destroyed in three nights of heavy air attacks.
The third village was not identified.

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