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28 August SWJ Roundup AFGHANISTAN US Officials Describe Afghan Airstrike - Eric Schmitt, New York Times American military officials sought on Wednesday to refute claims that as many as 90 civilians - among them 60 children - were killed in airstrikes on a village in western Afghanistan last Friday. In the face of an investigation by Afghan officials and a report by a United Nations team that support the high number of deaths, United States officials maintain that 25 militants and 5 civilians were killed in airstrikes.tickets.