Stories Related to Gathering Firewood, 9 Afghan Boys Killed By Nato Helicopters

By ALISSA J. RUBIN and SANGAR RAHIMI, New York Times
Wed, 03/02/2011 - 9:53am

The attack on the boys amounted to one of the worst cases of mistaken killings of children by foreign-led forces in the Afghanistan war.

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