KABUL – A US Military drone strike by overnight in eastern Afghanistankilled at least five civilians, local villagers said on Sunday.
The villagers carried the bodies of the dead to the province’s capital ofGhazni, chanting, “Death to Ashraf Ghani, death to America.”
The day before, President Ashraf Ghani had called on Afghans to participatein presidential electionslink,despite widespread violence and political uncertainty following thecollapse of US-Taliban peace talks earlier this month to end America’slongest war.
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Ahmad Khan Serat, spokesman for Ghazni province’s police chief, said dozensof people marched from the Khoja Omari district to bring the five bodies tolocal authorities in the regional capital.
