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Source: globalsecurity.org

Afghan villagers say at least 37 people were killed, including members of a wedding party, when U.S. warplanes bombed a village in southern Afghanistan.

Witnesses say U.S. forces called in air strikes Monday during a battle with Taliban militants near a village in the Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar province. They say the warplanes bombed a nearby housing complex where villagers had been celebrating a wedding.

Villagers say the bride was among several people who were wounded and taken to a hospital in Kandahar city. Kandahar Governor Rahmatullah Raufi says civilians were killed in the fighting but gave no figures.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai called Wednesday on U.S. President-elect Barack Obama to put a stop to civilian casualties resulting from U.S.-led operations in Afghanistan.

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