The presidential envoy for security in the southern Helmand province, Jabar Qahraman, said today that the raid against the Taliban in the Sangin district killed 13 people from one family and nine from another.
Hameed Gul, a local resident, says nine members of his family, including his mother and sister, were killed in Thursday's raid.
US Navy Cpt. Bill Salvin, a military spokesman, says "we are working diligently to determine whether civilians were killed or injured as a result of US airstrikes" carried out to support Afghan forces in and around Sangin.
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