US orders new review into Afghan civilian deaths

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
The US military said Sunday it has "new information" about an American attack that Afghanistan says killed 90 civilians and it is sending a senior military officer to the country to review its initial investigation that concluded no more than seven civilians died. The military did not say what new information had emerged. But Afghan and Western officials say Afghanistan's intelligence agency and the United Nations both have videos of the aftermath of the airstrikes on Azizabad village showing dozens of dead women and children. An Afghan government commission has said 90 civilians, including 60 children and 15 women, died in the Aug. 22 bombings, a finding that the UN backed in its own initial report. But a US investigation released Tuesday said only up to seven civilians and 35 militants were killed in the operation in the western province of Herat.