US Planes bomb Afghan villiage - 8 dead, Relief aid camp destroyed

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U.S. Warplanes Fire on Afghan Village, Eight People Reported Killed; Danish Relief Group's Camp Hit
By Stephen Graham Associated Press Writer

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S. warplanes bombed a village in eastern Afghanistan, killing eight people and destroying the camp of a Danish relief group after assailants rocketed a nearby government office, Afghan officials and the international aid group said Tuesday.

The American military said the air strike late Monday in Kunar province was launched to counter an attack on U.S. troops and killed several militants. The military accused rebels of injuring 10 civilians, but did not rule out harm being done to villagers by American fire.

The Danish Committee for Aid to Afghan Refugees, or DACAAR, said at least one of its aid workers was injured in the bombing

The exchange began late Monday when assailants fired 25 rockets at the mayor's office in Mano Gai, 105 miles east of Kabul, said Sayed Fazel Akbar, the governor of Kunar province. Police responded with small arms fire, he said.

"Then the American planes came and bombarded Weradesh village," from where the rockets were launched into nearby Mano Gai, he said. "There are casualties there, but we don't know how many or if they are civilians or the enemy."<snip>