Pentagon denies responsibility for US massacre of Afghan villagers

An investigation conducted by Afghanistans Independent Human Rights Commission counted 91 killed. Fifty-nine of these were children under the age of 15, and 19 were women. Most of the dead were part of one large extended family. The Afghanistan investigation found that there were no Taliban among those killed.

According to the Afghan official in charge of the investigation, Naimatullah Shahrani, there was not a single armed individual from the opposition in the area.

The Afghan investigation has been substantiated by a separate UN investigative report authored by Kai Eide, which found convincing evidence that about 90 civilians were killed, of whom about 60 were children. The destruction from aerial bombardment was clearly evident with some seven to eight houses having been totally destroyed and serious damage to many others. Local residents were able to confirm the number of casualties, including names, age and gender of the victims.