Karzai Condemns U.S. Troops Using Gunfire
Thursday, June 01, 2006
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KABUL, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai on Thursday condemned the use of gunfire by U.S. troops to suppress Afghans angered by a traffic accident involving a military truck that sparked the worst riots in the capital since the fall of the Taliban.
"The coalition opened fire, and we strongly condemn that," Karzai said in a national radio address.
Speaking in his native Pashto language, Karzai used formulations that left open whether the U.S. troops had fired into a crowd that had gathered at the scene of Monday's accident, or only over their heads.
Afghan authorities and the U.S. military are investigating.
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