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Afghani civilian, disobeying soldiers'' instructions, gets killed

KABUL, Feb 7 (KUNA) -- One Afghani civilian was killed and two others were wounded when fired on by the US-led coalition troops in southeastern Afghanistan. A statement from the coalition forces' headquarters on Saturday said the incident happened in Khost province on Friday when the coalition forces were helping with the recovery of a vehicle and saw a civilian car approaching them at high speed.
The troops signaled the driver of the fast car to stop but he did not, forcing the coalition troops to open fire on him in "self-defence", said the statement. The driver of the car was killed, a child was critically injured and a woman, who received minor injuries, was treated by the coalition troops, it added. (end) gk.ajs KUNA 071809 Feb 09NNNN