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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said Monday that U.S. troops did not follow proper tactics and procedures during an air assault on Taliban fighters last month.
Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said the number of Taliban militants killed in the May 4 airstrikes “greatly outnumbered” the number of civilians slain. But Morrell noted some problems in the way the strikes were carried out, citing a U.S. warplane that investigators said did not follow proper procedures.
Afghan officials have said that the civilian toll was 140 dead, but U.S. commanders have said they think no more than 30 civilians were killed, along with 60 to 65 Taliban insurgents.
