U.S. Confirms Airstrike Wrongly Killed 6 Afghan Family Members

[sad sally]

15. From this read, there were two provinces where innocent people were "mistakenly killed"

and that US/NATO "plans an apology."

NATO plans apology for civilian deaths in Afghanistan airstrike

By Sayed Salahuddin, Updated: Monday, May 7, 11:20 AM

KABUL — NATO airstrikes killed Afghan civilians in two provinces, local officials reported Monday, and the U.S.-led coalition said it plans an apology in one of the incidents.

An airstrike Friday killed six members of a family in the Sangin area of southern Helmand province, according to the provincial spokesman.

“At this point in the investigation, we are able to confirm the incident and will be formally apologizing in the next couple of days to the family,” said Lt. Col. Stewart Upton, a spokesman for NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. “We are deeply saddened by any civilian deaths, and particularly regret incidents where civilians are killed as a result of actions by ISAF.”

There were conflicting accounts on the number of deaths in another incident in Bala Murghab district of northwestern Badghis province, where unconfirmed reports put the civilian deaths at 14.