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August 20, 2010 04:40 PM

Afghan family mourns brothers killed in U.S. raid

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Mohammed Aman, right, and Mohammed Anwar discuss the shooting deaths of their relatives, August 14, 2010, during a U.S. special forces night raid in Wardak Province on Aug. 11. Family members say that three brothers, including two university students, were unjustly killed by U.S. forces. NATO officials said the three brothers were killed only after they tried to pick up a machine gun and fire on the American forces. (Dion Nissenbaum/MCT)
Mohammed Aman, right, and Mohammed Anwar discuss the shooting deaths of their relatives, August 14, 2010, during a U.S. special forces night raid in Wardak Province on Aug. 11. Family members say that three brothers, including two university students, were unjustly killed by U.S. forces. NATO officials said the three brothers were killed only after they tried to pick up a machine gun and fire on the American forces. (Dion Nissenbaum/MCT) MCT
Blood stains the floor and walls of a room of a compound in Wardak Province, eastern Afghanistan, where family members say that three brothers, including two university students, were unjustly killed by U.S. forces during a night raid on August 11, 2010. NATO officials said the three brothers were killed only after they tried to pick up a machine gun and fire on American forces. (Photo courtesy of Aman family/MCT)
Blood stains the floor and walls of a room of a compound in Wardak Province, eastern Afghanistan, where family members say that three brothers, including two university students, were unjustly killed by U.S. forces during a night raid on August 11, 2010. NATO officials said the three brothers were killed only after they tried to pick up a machine gun and fire on American forces. (Photo courtesy of Aman family/MCT) MCT
Blood stains the floor and walls of a room of a compound in Wardak Province, eastern Afghanistan, where family members say that three brothers, including two university students, were unjustly killed by U.S. forces during a night raid on August 11, 2010. NATO officials said the three brothers were killed only after they tried to pick up a machine gun and fire on American forces. (Photo courtesy of Aman family/MCT)
Blood stains the floor and walls of a room of a compound in Wardak Province, eastern Afghanistan, where family members say that three brothers, including two university students, were unjustly killed by U.S. forces during a night raid on August 11, 2010. NATO officials said the three brothers were killed only after they tried to pick up a machine gun and fire on American forces. (Photo courtesy of Aman family/MCT) MCT
Mohammed Anwar, an uncle of three Afghans killed during a night raid by U.S. special forces in Wardak Province, sits on a bed, August 14, 2010, in the Kabul university room of one of his nephews who was shot dead during the military raid on Aug. 11.  Family members say that three brothers, including two university students, were unjustly killed by U.S. forces. NATO officials said the three brothers were killed only after they tried to pick up a machine gun and fire on the American forces. (Dion Nissenbaum/MCT)
Mohammed Anwar, an uncle of three Afghans killed during a night raid by U.S. special forces in Wardak Province, sits on a bed, August 14, 2010, in the Kabul university room of one of his nephews who was shot dead during the military raid on Aug. 11. Family members say that three brothers, including two university students, were unjustly killed by U.S. forces. NATO officials said the three brothers were killed only after they tried to pick up a machine gun and fire on the American forces. (Dion Nissenbaum/MCT) MCT
Friends and relatives taking part in a memorial in Kabul on Saturday, August 14, 2010 sit below posters of three Afghan brothers killed during a night raid by U.S. special forces in Wardak Province on Aug. 11. Family members say that three brothers, including two university students, were unjustly killed by U.S. forces. NATO officials said the three brothers were killed only after they tried to pick up a machine gun and fire on the American forces. (Dion Nissenbaum/MCT)
Friends and relatives taking part in a memorial in Kabul on Saturday, August 14, 2010 sit below posters of three Afghan brothers killed during a night raid by U.S. special forces in Wardak Province on Aug. 11. Family members say that three brothers, including two university students, were unjustly killed by U.S. forces. NATO officials said the three brothers were killed only after they tried to pick up a machine gun and fire on the American forces. (Dion Nissenbaum/MCT) MCT
Friends and relatives of three Afghan brothers killed on Aug. 11, during a U.S. special forces night raid in Wardak Province, pray during a memorial on Saturday, August 14, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. From right to left, Safiullah, an uncle of the slain boys, Mohammed Aman, brother of the three, Mohammed Anwar, another of the uncles, and an unidentified friend. Family members say that three brothers, including two university students, were unjustly killed by U.S. forces. NATO officials said the three brothers were killed only after they tried to pick up a machine gun and fire on the American forces. (Dion Nissenbaum/MCT)
Friends and relatives of three Afghan brothers killed on Aug. 11, during a U.S. special forces night raid in Wardak Province, pray during a memorial on Saturday, August 14, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. From right to left, Safiullah, an uncle of the slain boys, Mohammed Aman, brother of the three, Mohammed Anwar, another of the uncles, and an unidentified friend. Family members say that three brothers, including two university students, were unjustly killed by U.S. forces. NATO officials said the three brothers were killed only after they tried to pick up a machine gun and fire on the American forces. (Dion Nissenbaum/MCT) MCT
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