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Date: 2009-01-25 (Sunday)
In Afghanistan, president Hamid Karzai condemned a US operation within Afghanistan that he said killed 16 Afghan civilians.
The US said the raid, on Saturday in Laghman province, killed 15 armed militants, including a woman with an RPG. But Afghan officials said they killed civilians, including two women and three children. In Laghman's capital, hundreds of protesters demanded an end to overnight raids.






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