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‘I see a drone, I remove my SIM card’: Afghan villagers live in constant fear of US airstrikes

August 27th, 2017
Categories: News

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/401027-afghans-fear-us-airstrikes-nangarhar/

Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province has been one of the hardest hit by US airstrikes, which target Islamist militants but also hit civilians. In a video by RT’s Ruptly agency, locals shared what it was like to live under the constant risk of being bombed. “US jets fly over and patrol anytime, therefore civilians are living in fear and turn off their mobiles and remove their SIM cards. They break their SIM cards and buy another one,” a man from the village of Basakhel said. “Now people are trying to not use their phones.”The villagers said, the raids by American forces ended up mistakenly targeting innocent people.“Many times the US night raids aren’t a success and civilians are the victims of the damage, and casualties

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