November 17, 2009 1:53 PM

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12 killed in rocket firing in Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, insurgents fired two rockets into a crowded market northeast of Kabul on Tuesday where the head of French forces in Afghanistan was holding a meeting with tribal elders. The attack killed 12 Afghan civilians and wounded at least another 38.French military sources said the target had been the meeting, known as a shura, where Brig. Gen. Marcel Druart was discussing with tribal elders a major French offensive in the Tagab Valley the previous day. Druart, who was not hurt, told The Associated Press that the attack shows clearly that the insurgents don't care about the lives of the civilian Afghan population. Speaking at the NATO forward operating base in the Tagab Valley, Druart said French forces immediately retaliated with artillery shelling on the rockets' launching site. Sporadic shelling could be heard throughout the afternoon, as attack helicopters hovered overhead. <br/>

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