US military admits killing 33 civilians in Afghanistan air strike. The US military has admitted killing 33 civilians in an air strike on a village in Afghanistan in August, far more than it has previously acknowledged. Following the August 22 attack on Azizabad, in Heart province, the Afghan government claimed that 90 civilians, mainly women and children, were killed. This figure was backed by the UN. Until now the US has estimated that that no more than seven civilians died in the attack. It launched an inquiry after it emerged that film recorded on mobile phones showed rows of bodies of children and babies in a makeshift morgue. The inquiry found that of the 33 dead civilians, eight were men, three were women and 12 children. The 10 others were undetermined. It also claimed that 22 Taliban fighters were killed in the attack. The inquiry dismissed the Afghan government's estimate as being over-reliant on statements from villagers. Online Journal: Afghan war is not winnable; the news from US and British officials on the ground is bleak. ICH: Time To Face The Facts On Afghanistan. Online Journal: U.S. allies, defense secretary suggest political solution to Afghan war. The WE: Cowardly British and Amerikan forces abetted by German, Norwegian, French and other Western nations Occupying a country [that] none of these should be in Continue to kill children by missiles (Photos). Index Reserach: Index on Afghanistan and Pakistan - Murder & Security, Aug/Sept. ’08.