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US troops kill 16 Afghans after attack
By Reuters, Sun Mar 4, 12:22 GMT
After a suicide bomber attacked an American military convoy in Afghanistan on Sunday, US troops opened fire and killed eight civilians and wounded more than 30, Afghan police said.
In a separate incident, two NATO soldiers were killed during combat operations in the south on Saturday. Their nationalities were not given.

The civilians were killed on a main road outside the city of Jalalabad in the east of the country after a suicide car-bomber attacked the US convoy.
There were no reports of casualties among the US troops and it was unclear why they opened fire on civilians.
“We have eight confirmed killed and more than 30 wounded, some of whom are in critical condition,” said provincial police spokesman Abdul Ghafour.
He said US troops from a US-led coalition force were responsible. Spokesmen for the coalition were not available.
Officials from a separate NATO-led force, which has US troops in the area, referred queries to the coalition force.
After the shooting, hundreds of people staged a protest and blocked the road, residents and officials said.

Bombing and accidental shootings by Western forces feeds resentment of the government of President Hamid Karzai and its allies and even bolsters support for the Taliban guerrillas.
More than 45,000 foreign troops are in Afghanistan battling a resurgent Taliban who have threatened a spring offensive after the bloodiest year since their ouster by US forces in 2001.