The United Nations said on Tuesday that it has “convincing evidence” that an American-led operation killed 90 civilians. The U.S. military stands by it’s story that 25 militants and 5 civilians were killed.
The U.N. sent a team to investigate an operation that took place last Friday in the province of Herat. The investigators relied only on villagers’ testimonies in alleging that Friday’s attacks led to the deaths of 60 children, 15 women and 15 men. The U.N. has not yet been able to provide evidence of actual graves, but said that “residents were able to confirm the number of casualties, including names, age and gender of the victims.”
According to Dan McNorton who is a spokesman for the U.N. in Kabul, the investigation is ongoing. An investigation has also been ordered by the top U.S. coalition commander.
