ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan
2010-11-CA-134
For Immediate Release
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KABUL, Afghanistan (Nov. 10) - The International Security Assistance Force is looking into the possibility that three Afghan civilians were inadvertently killed and one wounded by ISAF forces during combat operations with insurgents in the Sangin district of Helmand province Wednesday.

 Four Afghan civilians were brought to a nearby ISAF base following the engagement, three died and one was wounded.

 "Our thoughts and concerns are with the families of this terrible accident," said U.S. Army Col. Rafael Torres, ISAF Joint Command Combined Joint Operations Center director.