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2012/06/06

IN THE PICTURE

Bismillah

This is the other side of democracy ... a NATO airstrike in the eastern Afghan province of Logar has killed 17 people, including women and children, local officials report. A NATO spokesperson said a team had been deployed to investigate the claims of civilian casualties.

Afghan villagers search for dead bodies of people who were killed in a NATO airstrike on a home in Sajawand village in Logar province, south of Kabul on June 6, 2012 (AFP Photo/Sabawoon Amarkhil)
Afghan villagers search for dead bodies of people who were killed in a NATO airstrike on a home in Sajawand village in Logar province, south of Kabul on June 6, 2012 (AFP Photo/Sabawoon Amarkhil)
An Afghan villager stands at a house which was hit by a NATO airstrike in Sajawand village in Logar province, south of Kabul on June 6, 2012 (AFP Photo/Sabawoon Amarkhil)
An Afghan villager stands at a house which was hit by a NATO airstrike in Sajawand village in Logar province, south of Kabul on June 6, 2012 (AFP Photo/Sabawoon Amarkhil)
An Afghan villager stands at a house which was hit by a NATO airstrike in Sajawand village in Logar province, south of Kabul on June 6, 2012 (AFP Photo/Sabawoon Amarkhil)
An Afghan villager stands at a house which was hit by a NATO airstrike in Sajawand village in Logar province, south of Kabul on June 6, 2012 (AFP Photo/Sabawoon Amarkhil)