European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages stars and stripes june 200 Aid group 230 afghan civilians killed in 07 by Alisa Tang the associated press Afghanistan Good will toward foreign forces has faded since the fall of the Taliban five years ago because of air strikes and botched raids by and nato troops that have killed at least 230 afghan civilians so far this an umbrella group for Aid agencies said the complaint follows reports of dozens of civilian deaths in re cent Days during fierce clashes sparked by a Taliban offensive in a key Southern insurgents pushed police out and took control of a neighbouring District in Kandahar the Spike in noncombatant casualties in the past several Days whether caused by foreign forces or the Taliban has raised Public ire toward president Hamid Karrais government and the for eign soldiers sent to prop it Karzai has pleaded repeatedly for International forces to coordinate More closely with afghan authorities in order to protect civil ians near military front a group representing 94 for eign and afghan Aid agencies including save the Chil and care International Laid much of the blame on a alleging that indiscriminate use of Force had resulted in the death of such operations have frequently been by carried out by forces or agencies outside nato com often american forces in operation enduring and sometimes in conjunction with afghan the Agency coordinating body for afghan re Lief said in a it said International and afghan forces have been responsible for the deaths of at least 230 civilians so far this including 60 women and the statement detailed casual ties including nine people killed in a botched House dozens in and 14 for simply driving or walking too close to International military personnel or initial Goodwill towards the International military presence in 2002 has substantially diminished in Many parts of the the Agency excessive use of Force and abusive raids and searches Are undermining sup port not just for foreign and afghan Milit Aries but those involved in humanitarian and development afghan officials reported Doz ens of civilians killed in the Chora District of uru Zgan ers on police posts on saturday filter to fighting was continuing it has been a contested area Teipe of nato spokesman John Tho Mas Taliban Are Mak Ari Effort lit nowt Stab control in that Hadi iraqis gather tuesday at the damaged Kulani a main shiite mosque in Central a truck bomb struck the mosque killing 78 people and wounding More than explosion at shiite mosque in Baghdad kills at least 78 by Lauren Frayer the associated press Baghdad a truck bomb struck a shiite mosque tuesday in Central killing 78 peo ple and wounding More than in 142 people were killed or found dead in Sec tarian violence a toll reflecting carnage associated with the months before the Security crackdown in the capital began the thunderous explosion at the Kulani mosque in the capitals Busy commercial area of Sinak sent smoke billowing Over Concrete nearly a week after a bombing brought Down the twin Mina rets of a revered shiite shrine in the Northern City of Samarra and two Days after officials lifted a curfew aimed preventing retaliatory violence from that gunfire erupted after the which police said occurred in a parking lot near the causing the outer Wall and a building just inside it to police and Hospital speaking on Condi Tion of anonymity because they feared said at least 78 people were killed and 218 were adding that the toll could Rise As bodies were pulled from the one officer said the explosive packed truck was loaded with fans and air coolers to avoid arousing the suspicions of Security forces guarding the sur rounding which is my of shops Selling electrical six of those killed lived in a House behind the mosque that also the officer adding that 20 cars were burned and 25 shops were the mosques Sheik Saleh said it was a truck bomb and the explosion hit worship pers As they left afternoon this attack was planned and carried out by sick damaging the mosques outer Wall and collapsing my office and the room above Alhaidari told the associated press by there Are number of bodies being pulled from the rubble and a number of worshippers were killed or he adding that he was not inside the mosque when the blast the Kulani mosque is named after a revered Shi Ite figure according to shiite was one of four deputies anointed by the Imam Mohammed who disappeared in the 9th Century and will return to restore Justice to a television news video showed a huge pile of rubble where the Wall used to but its Turquoise dome was the Imam Ali Hospital in the shiite District of Sadr City was packed with Many badly Karim the 35yearold owner of a cloth ing said he was making his Way by motorcycle to Pray at the mosque when the explosion forced him to pull i stopped in Shock As i saw the smoke and people on the i saw two or three men in flames As they were getting out of their he the military announced the death of an american Soldier in the Soldier was killed by Small arms fire during combat in an Eastern Sec Tion of the a military statement no other soldiers were wounded in the which took place it militants fired mortar rounds into the de Green zone at Sundown with five of them striking near the office of prime minister noun Almalik and one crashing adjacent to the american Post Exchange it was not immediately known if there were Casu military As of have died since the of the Iraq War in March 2003 according to an associated press count the figure includes seven military at least died and a result of hostile according to the military the a count is 10 higher than the defense depart ments last updated Mon Day at 10 a Soldier was killed Mon Day by an explosive in South Ern the latest identifications re ported by the military army Dustin round Texas died thursday in Tallis of wounds from an explosion assigned the army re serves 952nd Engineer com the unit was attached to the 92nd Engi Neer sustain ment brigade 3rd infantry i fort army Michael Pitt Iowa died in Baghdad of wounds from an explosive and Small arms fire assigned to the 1st 4th cavalry 4th infantry Bri signed 12th Field artillery