-21-politics/U.S. warplanes fire on Afghan village, eight people reported kil

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KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug 31, SPA -- U.S. warplanes bombed a village in eastern Afghanistan, killing eight people and destroyingthe camp of a Danish relief group after assailants rocketeda nearby government office, Afghan officials and thedirector of the international aid group said Tuesday. The U.S. military accused insurgents of firing on Afghancivilians, and made no mention of any airstrikes orfatalities in the clashes late Monday in Kunar province. The incident began when assailants fired 25 rockets at themayor's office in Mano Gai, 170 kilometers (105 miles) eastof the capital, Kabul, said Kunar Gov. Sayed Fazel Akbar.Police responded with small arms fire, he said. "Then the American planes came and bombarded Weradeshvillage," from where the rockets were launched, he said."There are casualties there, but we don't know how many orif they are civilians or the enemy." The Danish Committee for Aid to Afghan Refugees, orDACAAR, which had a team working in Weradesh, said at leasttwo bombs were dropped around midnight and that eightvillagers had been killed.--SPA1425 Local Time 1125 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/196750

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