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on March 2nd 2011 . International

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Security Assistance forces accidentally

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killed nine civilians and Dara I . Pech

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district , Kunar Province , Afghanistan .

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Lieutenant General David Rodriguez ,

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commander of the International security

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systems for his joint command , made a

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statement in english Dari and pashtu

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explaining the course of events how we

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can help prevent future civilian

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casualties and how this has affected

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both the people of Afghanistan and the

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U . S . Forces who stand beside them .

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Our soldiers take great pride in

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helping the Afghan national Security

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forces to protect the people of

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Afghanistan . And many soldiers have

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lost their friends in this war . So

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when they do something terrible like

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mistakenly killing young boys , they

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feel worse than they can express and

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they have to live with that for the

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rest of their lives . That said rest

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assured a full investigation is taking

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place and if appropriate , disciplinary

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action will be taken again . I offer

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our heartfelt apology to the family and

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friends of the nine Children and to all

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the people of Afghanistan . General

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Rodriguez went on to request the help

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of the population in stopping the

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census killing brought upon both

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Afghans and U . S . Forces by an enemy

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who wants to rule the people through

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fear and violence . Isaf accepts full

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responsibility for this tragedy and

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will continue to thoroughly investigate

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this incident . To understand why this

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happened and try to prevent this from

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happening in the future from Kabul

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Afghanistan . I'm Petty Officer sally

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foster