WASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. military officials on Monday said they found no evidence of civilian casualties as a result of an alleged U.S. airstrike in the Chardara district of Kunduz, Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a statement, U.S. military officials in Kabul said they have \u201cinvestigated allegations of civilian casualties in Kunduz province during the period of November 3 and 4; no evidence of civilian casualties has been found.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over the weekend, local Afghan officials reported dozens of civilians were killed in a U.S. airstrike. Afghan commandos have been conducting operations in the region for the past several days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The incident was alleged to have occurred between Friday and Saturday. U.S. officials did confirm that \u201coperations occurred in this area and numerous enemy combatants were killed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
U.S. Forces-Afghanistan in its statement Monday claimed there were no casualties and \u201cno hospitals or clinics in the local area indicated treatment of people with wounds from armed conflict.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Taliban claimed a U.S. B-52 was behind the deaths of Afghan civilians in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Ahmad Jawid Salim, a spokesperson for the commandos, pushed back on those claims with several social media posts, denying that any civilians had been harmed as a result of operations in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\t