Unfounded Allegations Against ISAF
NEWS RELEASE ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan   2010-03-CA-052  For Immediate Release

 KABUL, Afghanistan (March 12) - On Wednesday an international security force unit patrolling in southern Afghanistan came under small arms fire from an insurgent position. The patrol returned fire and requested support from ISAF aircraft. Reports from the patrol, after they inspected the area, confirmed that one insurgent had been killed.
 The patrol also verified that there were no civilians in the area, and that no civilian property was damaged during this engagement.
 On Thursday, ISAF became aware of an allegation that 16 civilians had been killed in an air strike in the same area as Wednesday's patrol. There was also a report that international security forces had killed three children in the same district on Wednesday.
 "We are here to support the Afghan Government and to protect the Afghan people," said Major General Michael Regner of ISAF Joint Command. "We take accusations like these extremely seriously, so we do everything we can to discover the truth. When we do find we are at fault we never hesitate to accept responsibility. In these two cases, though, our investigation has shown that the charges are completely groundless."