U.S. Bombers Kill Kabul Family, Bus of Refugees

06/05/2001| IslamWeb

KABUL (Islamweb & News Agencies) - A U.S. bomb flattened a flimsy mud-brick home in Kabul Sunday blowing apart seven children as they ate breakfast with their father. (Read photo caption below) The blast shattered a neighbor's house killing another two children in one of the most gruesome scenes of Washington's three-week-old bombing of the Afghan capital.
U.S. bombers killed a total of 12 civilians in two early morning raids on the city.
Two civilians were also killed when U.S. planes mistakenly bombed a village north of Kabul in territory controlled by the opposition Northern Alliance Saturday, residents said.
The bombing has outraged many Muslims. In neighboring Muslim Pakistan masked gunmen killed up to 15 Christians and a policeman who was guarding their church Sunday.
In Kabul, the sounds of grief echoed down shattered alleys.
Two other civilians died when a bomb hit the minibus in which they were attempting to flee Kabul with their family.
Two villagers were killed and 10 people injured when U.S. warplanes mistakenly bombed the tiny hamlet of Ghanikhel in territory held by the opposition Northern Alliance near their frontline positions facing the Taliban Saturday.
The blast turned the mood in the village against the United States.
PHOTO CAPTION:
Keith 'Q' Quincy of Chicago, a 'shooter' on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the Arabian Sea, turns his head as an F-18 Hornet jet fighter screams by, the wings over his head, during the launch of a bombing mission on Taliban targets in Afghanistan October 28, 2001. (Jim Hollander/Reuters)