{"id":56539,"date":"2019-09-29T14:36:07","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T14:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/09\/29\/afghan-protesters-claim-us-strikes-kill-5-civilians-in-east\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:02:11","slug":"afghan-protesters-claim-us-strikes-kill-5-civilians-in-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/09\/29\/afghan-protesters-claim-us-strikes-kill-5-civilians-in-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghan protesters claim US strikes kill 5 civilians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KABUL, Afghanistan \u2014 An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/09\/23\/at-least-40-civilians-killed-in-anti-taliban-raids-afghan-officials-say\/\" target=_blank>airstrike by U.S.-led forces<\/a> overnight in eastern Afghanistan killed at least five civilians, local villagers said Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The villagers carried the bodies of the dead to the province\u2019s capital of Ghazni, chanting, \u201cDeath to Ashraf Ghani, death to America.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The day before, President Ashraf Ghani had called on Afghans to participate in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/09\/26\/afghans-face-presidential-vote-amid-violence-corruption\/\" target=_blank>presidential elections<\/a>, despite widespread violence and political uncertainty following the collapse of U.S.-Taliban peace talks earlier this month to end America\u2019s longest war.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/07\/30\/more-civilians-have-died-by-afghan-forces-allies-than-by-militants-in-afghanistan-in-the-first-half-of-2019-un-says\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19209551650289.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">More civilians have died by Afghan forces, allies than by militants in Afghanistan in the first half of 2019, UN says<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">More civilians were killed by Afghan and international coalition forces in Afghanistan in the first half of this year than by the Taliban and other militants, the U.N. mission said in a report released Tuesday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ahmad Khan Serat, spokesman for Ghazni province\u2019s police chief, said dozens of people marched from the Khoja Omari district to bring the five bodies to local authorities in the regional capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shakaruddin Khan, who lost a son and a brother in the attack, described a drone attack the previous night. 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