.- An Afghan provincial governor denounced the deaths of 51 civilians in bombing three days recorded in eastern Afghanistan in the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), said to be investigating. "A total of 64 -51 people-civilians and 13 insurgents were killed in operations by Afghan forces and NATO in the district of Ghaziabad, in eastern Kunar," he told Efe the Afghan governor of that province, Fazlullah Wahidi .
According Wahidi, among the dead there are twenty women and several children. In a later statement, ISAF announced it is sending a team to investigate the complaint of the governor on "operations in the province in recent days." ISAF reported last Friday in the deaths of more than "thirty" suspected insurgents armed raids in the district in which lasted for four hours during the night of Thursday, but ruled the death of civilians.
Today claimed to have a video that shows that the bombing killed "36 insurgents who were armed, in a very steep. ISAF operations continued today in the area, where there were two separate clashes between the military and to identify a number of insurgents who moved to "fighting positions" in the district of Ghaziabad.
"Initial reports indicate no civilian casualties," said the organization again. Kunar is a region bordering Pakistan's tribal areas and traditional point of transfer of insurgents crossing the border to fight against international troops. Ghaziabad is a mountainous and sparsely populated district not far from the border, one of the areas where fighting between international troops and the insurgents are more virulent.
During 2010 two thousand killed 421 civilians, an increase of 3.8 percent over the previous year, according to the organization Afghanistan Rights Monitor (ARM). Human rights organizations attribute the Taliban most civilian deaths, while Afghan officials, with President Hamid Karzai at the head have been described as "unacceptable" civilian deaths in bombing of the ISAF. 
According Wahidi, among the dead there are twenty women and several children. In a later statement, ISAF announced it is sending a team to investigate the complaint of the governor on "operations in the province in recent days." ISAF reported last Friday in the deaths of more than "thirty" suspected insurgents armed raids in the district in which lasted for four hours during the night of Thursday, but ruled the death of civilians.
Today claimed to have a video that shows that the bombing killed "36 insurgents who were armed, in a very steep. ISAF operations continued today in the area, where there were two separate clashes between the military and to identify a number of insurgents who moved to "fighting positions" in the district of Ghaziabad.
"Initial reports indicate no civilian casualties," said the organization again. Kunar is a region bordering Pakistan's tribal areas and traditional point of transfer of insurgents crossing the border to fight against international troops. Ghaziabad is a mountainous and sparsely populated district not far from the border, one of the areas where fighting between international troops and the insurgents are more virulent.
During 2010 two thousand killed 421 civilians, an increase of 3.8 percent over the previous year, according to the organization Afghanistan Rights Monitor (ARM). Human rights organizations attribute the Taliban most civilian deaths, while Afghan officials, with President Hamid Karzai at the head have been described as "unacceptable" civilian deaths in bombing of the ISAF.
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