Hamid Karzai says US bombing killed child and injured women

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The president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, said on Thursday that US forces had bombed a home in Helmand, killing a small child and wounding two women. Karzai condemned the attack as another sign of disregard for civilian life, his spokesman said.

The strike could not have come at a worse time, as Karzai is engaged in a stand-off with the American government over a bilateral security agreement that will help shape the presence of US troops in Afghanistan after 2014.

"It shows that US forces have no respect for the decisions of the Loya Jirga [council of elders] and life of civilians in Afghanistan," said Karzai's spokesman, Aimal Faizi.

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