Officials: NATO forces kill four Afghan school students
The Education Ministry said in a statement that the four dead were students, aged 11 to 17.
教育部長在一份聲明中說， 4名死者是學生，年齡介乎11至17。
The body of a child lies in a coffin decorated with flowers in Khost province on April 20, 2010. Four children were killed April 19 in crossfire between foreign soldiers and insurgents in eastern Afghanistan, the education ministry said on April 20. (Photo: Getty Images)一名兒童的身體躺在用鮮花裝飾的棺材內，2010年4月20日在霍斯特省。 4名兒童在4月19日於阿富汗東部的外國士兵和武裝分子之間的駁火中被打死，教育部4月20日表示。 （圖片：Getty圖像）
April 20, 2010 - DPA
Kabul - Afghan officials said Tuesday that NATO forces shot dead four Afghan school students, but NATO said those killed were Taliban militants and their associates.
喀布爾 - 阿富汗官員 週二說，北約部隊射殺4名阿富汗學生，但北約說那些死者是塔利班武裝分子和他們的同夥。
The incident happened around three kilometres south of Khost city, the capital of the south-eastern province of Khost, on Monday night, Mubarez Mohammad Zadran, a spokesman for the provincial governor, told the German Press Agency dpa.
事件發生在星期一晚上，霍斯特省東南部的首府霍斯特市南部約 3公里處，省長發言人穆巴雷茲穆罕默德扎德蘭，告訴德國新聞社dpa。
He said all the deceased were civilians who were driving in a vehicle that failed to stop at military checkpoint. 'We condemn the attack,' he said.
他說所有死者都是平民，他們在駕駛車輛而未能在軍事檢查站停止， '我們譴責這攻擊，'他說。
The Education Ministry said in a statement that the four dead were students, aged 11 to 17. The ministry condemned the attack.
However, NATO said in a statement that two of the dead people were 'known insurgents' and the other two were their associates.
Afghan mourners gather to pray by the flower-decorated coffins of four children in Khost province on April 20, 2010. Four students were killed April 19 in crossfire between foreign soldiers and insurgents in eastern Afghanistan, the education ministry said. (Photo: Getty Images)
A vehicle approached a military convoy and did not stop despite warning shots, it said, adding, 'Several rounds were fired in an attempt to disable the vehicle, and finally shots were fired into the vehicle itself.'
'All four died of wounds at the scene,' it said.
Civilian casualties at the hands of international troops have become a delicate issue in Afghanistan. Such deaths have become the main source of tension between the Afghan government and foreign troops.
'We have a simple objective when it comes to civilian casualties,' Mark Sedwill, the senior NATO civilian representative in Afghanistan, said at a press conference on Tuesday in Kabul. 'And that is one civilian casualty is one too many. We will make all efforts to avoid them.'
Separately, a bomb strapped to a bicycle was detonated in the centre of Khost city close to the main police headquarters on Tuesday, causing no death or damage, Zadran said.
Meanwhile, unknown gunmen shot dead a deputy mayor in the southern province of Kandahar in what the Interior Ministry on Tuesday called a 'terrorist attack.'
Azizullah Zeyarmal was en route Monday night to a mosque in the provincial capital, also called Kandahar, when unknown gunmen opened fire on him, the ministry said in statement.
Zeyarmal died on his way to hospital, Mohammad Shah Farouqi, deputy provincial police chief, said.
No group took responsibility for the attack. However, the ministry said the attack was carried out 'by enemies of Afghanistan,' a term often used by Afghan officials to describe Taliban militants.
The shooting came hours after three children were killed and four other people were injured when a bomb hidden in a donkey-drawn cart exploded in front of the residence of influential tribal chief Haji Fazelluddin in the centre of Kandahar city.
Fazelluddin, a former district governor for Spin Boldak, was unhurt in the attack, but three of his nephews were killed.
On Thursday, a suicide bomber carried out an attack in the centre of Kandahar city, killing three Afghans and wounding around two dozen people, including foreign contractors.
Attacks that bear the hallmark of Taliban militants are on the rise in Kandahar, the spiritual home and birthplace of the Taliban, ahead of a much-publicized military operation in the province in the coming months.
Afghan and NATO officials have said their offensive was under way in the province, but it is to get a push in summer when thousands of additional US troops arrive in the region.
The total number of foreign troops in Afghanistan is set to rise to 150,000 from more than 125,000 currently stationed in the war-torn country.
Afghans carry bodies of four people killed when they ignored warnings to stop by one of NATO's convoys in Khost province late Monday, southeast of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, April 20, 2010. NATO said two of those killed in the incident were later identified as "known insurgents," although the provincial chief of police said the dead were all civilians, and included a 12-year-old child. (Photo: AP)
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