Wech Baghtu: An Afghan villager at the scene of an apparent US bombing says 23 children and 10 women attending a wedding party are among 37 Afghans killed during a US fight with the Taliban.

The US military says it is investigating the reports but a spokesman added that "if innocent people were killed in this operation, we apologize and express our condolences."

President Hamid Karzai has made an immediate demand of President-elect Barack Obama to prevent civilian casualties.

Kandahar province villager Abdul Jalil says he was hosting a wedding party for his niece when Taliban militants fighting US forces took cover near his home. Jalil says 37 people were killed when US warplanes later bombed the wedding party.
Source : PTI