Fri May 13, 2011 9:27PM
A missile attack in northeastern Afghanistan left 14 civilians injured. (file photo)
Fourteen civilians, including women and children, have been injured in a Taliban missile attack in northeastern Afghanistan.
During a Taliban attack on a US military base in Kunar province on Friday morning, a missile fired by the militants missed its target and hit a residence, a Press TV correspondent reported.
Seven children, who sustained injuries during a wedding ceremony at the residence, were among the injured.
Last March, another tragedy struck Kunar province when a NATO airstrike killed nine children.
Pundits have been quick to point out that the rise in civilian casualties in NATO attacks has strained relations between President Hamid Karzai and his Western allies, who are under increasing pressure at home over the unpopular war.
Over the past few months, public opinion has been turning against the war in the United States and other countries, and thus US President Barack Obama's upbeat assessments about progress in the Afghan war will probably not go down well at home or abroad
According to official figures, around 2,451 US-led soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since the war began in 2001.
The death toll for foreign forces deployed in Afghanistan was 710 in 2010, making it the deadliest year for the occupiers.
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