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4/8/13 1:30 PM
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7 April 2013 Last updated at 16:30 ET
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"The air support was called in by coalition forces - not Afghans - and was used to engage insurgent forces in areas away from structures, according to our reporting." A statement issued on behalf of President Karzai strongly condemned the Nato attack, and "military operations in residential areas that cause civilian deaths". "The president also strongly condemns the Taliban's tactic of using civilians and their homes as their shields," it said. International forces are preparing to withdraw from Afghanistan by the end of 2014. Civilian deaths in Western military operations have been a source of tension between the Afghan government led President Karzai and the US and its Nato allies. In February last year, at least 10 civilians, mostly women and children, were killed in a Nato air strike in the same area. In February this year, President Karzai ordered a complete ban on Afghan security forces calling in air strikes in residential areas.
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