ISLAMABAD, March 20 Kyodo At leas...

ISLAMABAD, March 20 Kyodo

At least seven civilians died in bombardment by the agency of U.S. aircraft since Thursday in the Yakhtan area of Oruzgan Province in central Afghanistan, Afghan Islamic Pres (AIP) reported Saturday.

Quoting the district's envoy chief, the Pakistan-based news agency said the bombardment was followed by way of the arrival of U.S. soil troops, who cordoned off the area.

''U aircraft bombed the area several times Thursday and Friday and territory troops have now arrived and besieged the area. Nobody is allowed to leave or enter'' the district delegate told AIP.

The of recent origins agency put the civilian death toll at least three women and four men unless it said the number killed could be higher because a number of nation were buried in debris from damaged houses.

Qayyum said the companys had arrested up to 100 tribe in the area and that Afghan President Hamid Karzai had been informed of the situation.

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