{"id":67606,"date":"2018-09-26T20:46:15","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T20:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/09\/26\/un-says-21-afghan-civilians-killed-in-separate-airstrikes\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:39:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:39:23","slug":"un-says-21-afghan-civilians-killed-in-separate-airstrikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/09\/26\/un-says-21-afghan-civilians-killed-in-separate-airstrikes\/","title":{"rendered":"UN says 21 Afghan civilians killed in separate airstrikes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KABUL, Afghanistan \u2014 The U.N. mission in Afghanistan said Wednesday that 21 civilians were killed in two separate airstrikes over the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It said in a statement that nine civilians from the same family, mostly women and children, were killed in a Saturday airstrike in the northeastern Kapisa province, in an area where Afghan forces were battling the Taliban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another statement cited \u201cpreliminary findings\u201d that 12 women and children, all related, were killed in a Sunday airstrike in the eastern Maidan Wardak province, also during an Afghan military operation. \u201cTen of those killed were children whose ages ranged from 6 to 15,\u201d including eight girls, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.N. said it was unclear whether the airstrikes were carried out by Afghan or NATO forces<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\t