Photo: A US soldier with Delta Company 4th Brigade combat team, 2-508, 82nd parachute infantry Regiment, intimidating an Afghan Muslim praying in the Arghandab valley in Kandahar province, February 25, 2010.

The Independent Human Rights Commission said that more than 63 civilians had died in the NATO-led offensive in the past two weeks.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation has admitted that the killing of eight schoolboys in a night-time raid in eastern Afghanistan was carried out on the basis of faulty intelligence.

The killing of Afghani Muslims by Western allies continues unabated.

In December, ten children and teenagers died when troops stormed a remote mountain compound near the border with Pakistan.

The victims were all aged between 12 and 18, and were not involved in insurgent activity.
The Independent Human Rights Commission said that more than 63 civilians had died in the NATO-led offensive in the past two weeks.

Two men, whose children and other relatives were killed, provided pictures of their dead sons, a sketched map of the compound and copies of the compensation claim forms signed by local officials detailing their sons' names, relatives and positions at school.

Farooq Abdul Ajanlost had two sons, two brothers, three nephews and a cousin who were killed in the raid.

On Thursday, NATO troops killed 15 Muslims also in northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, three NATO soldiers were wounded as they attacked Afghani Muslims in their homeland.

The Taliban freedom fighters said they lost three fighters and killed seven foreign and Afghan soldiers.