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A report by Human Rights Watch. Includes photographs and maps.
http://hrw.org/reports/2002/us-afghanistan/
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Marc Herold: Counting the Dead
A summary and comparison of the existing statistics on Afghan civilian casualties. The Guardian,
UK.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/comment/story/0,11447,770999,00.html
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Why Do They Use Bombs? Grieving Afghans Demand Answers
Halima Kazem reports on the life of Afghan victims of US bombings. EurasiaNet.
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav070302.shtml
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Flaws in U.S. Air War Left Hundreds of Civilians Dead
Discusses the relation between US strategy and number of civilian casualties. Includes slideshow
and map. From the New York Times. [Free registration required].
http://www10.nytimes.com/2002/07/21/international/asia/21CIVI.html
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Shocked Afghans Criticize U.S. Strike
The Afghan government expressed dismay at reports that about 140 civilians were killed or wounded
in an American-led operation in southern Afghanistan and demanded a major review of American
military operations. From the New York Times. [Free registration required].
http://www10.nytimes.com/2002/07/03/international/asia/03MILI.html
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Expecting Taliban, but Finding Only Horror
A New York Times detailed report on the bombing of four villages in Oruzgan Province on July 1,
2002. [Free registration required].
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/08/international/asia/08VILL.html
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Operation Enduring Freedom: Why a Higher Rate of Civilian Casualties?
A report on the war in Afghanistan that examines civilian deaths from bombing and tries to explain
why the rate of casualties is higher than in the 1999 Balkans war. Written by Carl Conetta for the
Project on Defense Alternatives.
http://www.comw.org/pda/0201oef.html
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Forgotten Victims
Jonathan Steele summarizes estimations on the number of casualties, and discusses the effect of the
US air strikes on humanitarian help. The Guardian, UK.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/comment/story/0,11447,718647,00.html
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Who Will Count the Dead?
A report on the number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan, by Marc W. Herold. With a dossier and
a daily chart of civilian casualties.
http://www.media-alliance.org/mediafile/20-5/index.html
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The Innocent Dead in a Coward's War
Seumas Milne reports in The Guardian on an American economist's estimate that US bombs have killed
at least 3,767 civilians.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,621931,00.html
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