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アフガニスタンで市民19人が米軍によって殺害される
BBCの記事の要約。下部に原記事を転載。
BBCは、3月4日にアフガニスタンのNangarhar州で、一般市民10人がアメリカ兵による無差別銃撃で死亡し35名以上が負傷したと報じた。
移動中の米軍の車列に爆弾を積んだミニバンが突入し、同時に複数の方向から銃撃を受けたために、周囲にいた人々や車に対して無差別銃撃を行ったらしい。
現場を取材したカメラマンは映像やフィルムがアメリカ兵によって没収されていたと報じている。
AP通信の記者やアフガニスタンのメディア記者など、現場に居合わせた複数のメディア関係者が画像を没収されていると主張しているにもかかわらず、アメリカ軍は、その事実を認めていない。
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6419235.stm
そして、翌5日には、Kapisa州で、米軍の空爆によって9人の市民が殺害された。うち5人は女性、3人は子供である。
2人の男がNATO軍基地にロケット弾を発射し、人口が密集した地域に逃亡したため、後にそこを複数の900kg爆弾で空爆したとのこと。
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6418459.stm
US 'erased Afghan attack footage'
The Associated Press is to complain to the US military after journalists said US soldiers deleted footage of the aftermath of an attack in Afghanistan.
President Hamid Karzai said 10 people died when coalition forces opened fire on civilians after a suicide attack in eastern Nangarhar province on Sunday.
Journalists working for AP said US troops erased images of a vehicle in which three people had been shot dead.
The US military said it could not confirm its troops had seized any film.
'Co-ordinated attack'
The Americans say the fighting started when a convoy of marines was attacked by a suicide bomber and came under co-ordinated small-arms fire.
They say their soldiers returned fire, and acknowledge that at least eight Afghan civilians were killed, with a further 35 injured.
Thousands of local people took to the streets on Sunday to protest against what happened. The Afghan authorities have launched an investigation into the circumstances of the militant attack.
'You will face problems'
In a report from Kabul, the Associated Press (AP) said it "plans to lodge a protest with the American military".
A freelance photographer working for AP and a cameraman working for AP Television News say they arrived at the site about half an hour after the suicide bombing.
Man injured in attack in hospital
Thirty-five people were also injured during the incident
Witnesses at the scene said three civilians in the four-wheel drive vehicle had been killed by US forces fleeing the attack, the journalists said.
"When I went near the four-wheel drive, I saw the Americans taking pictures of the same car, so I started taking pictures," photographer Rahmat Gul said.
"Two soldiers with a translator came and said, 'Why are you taking pictures? You don't have permission.'"
Mr Gul said troops took his camera, deleted his photos and returned it to him.
His APTN colleague, who did not want to be named, said he was told he could film the scene - but when he did so a US soldier got very angry and deleted any footage that included the Americans.
Khanwali Kamran, a reporter for the Afghan channel Ariana Television, said the American soldiers also deleted his footage, AP reported.
"They warned me that if it is aired ... then, 'You will face problems,'" Mr Kamran was quoted by the news agency as saying.
Reporters Without Borders condemned the alleged actions of the US forces, saying they dealt with the media poorly.
"Why did the soldiers do it if they don't have anything to hide?" said Jean-Francois Julliard, a spokesman for the Paris-based group.
US military spokesman Lt Col David Accetta said he did not have any confirmed reports that coalition forces "have been involved in confiscating cameras or deleting images".
Afghans killed 'in new US attack'
Nine Afghan civilians have been killed in a bombing raid in Kapisa province, Afghan officials say.
US forces have confirmed carrying out an air strike in the area but say they have no accurate casualty information.
The news comes shortly after US forces were accused of killing 10 civilians during a shoot out on Sunday in Nangarhar province.
Journalists say US troops confiscated their photos and video footage of the aftermath of the violence.
The BBC's Alastair Leithead in Kabul says the international mission to Afghanistan is to help the government and the people. But heavy fighting and suicide attacks have led to the death of thousands of innocent people over the past year.
President Karzai has been critical of the international forces in the past, saying they should do more to prevent civilian casualties.
Nato denial
News of the air strike in Kapisa came first from the province's deputy governor, Sayed Daud Hashimi.
He said the nine dead civilians included five women and three children and that the raid was carried out by Nato forces. Nato have denied any involvement.
But later a US military statement said US-led forces had "dropped two 2,000-pound (900-kilogram) bombs" during an air strike in Kapisa after a Nato base had come under attack.
A US spokesman, Lt Col David Accetta, said the Nato base had come under rocket attack and that "two men with AK-47s" were seen leaving the scene of the rocket attack and entering a compound," the Associated Press news agency reports.
"These men knowingly e
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