Kabul, April 05: US-led forces have sprayed an elderly Afghan civilian with bullets in his sleep during a night raid near the capital Kabul.
Witnesses say foreign troops raided the 50-year old man’s bedroom at night time and opened fire while he was asleep in Chahar Asiab district, south of Kabul, a Media correspondent reported.
Local residents said the man was a simple shop owner and had no links to the Taliban.
The district governor says foreign troops did not coordinate the raid with local officials.
Earlier foreign forces shot dead an Afghan couple in Zabul province on Sunday night at their home.
According to a UN report, about 2,800 civilians were killed by foreign forces and militants in Afghanistan last year.
Afghan officials have frequently condemned NATO attacks on ordinary Afghans and called for an end to such attacks.
Afghans blame foreign troops and their military operations for the increasing number of civilian casualties in the country, which has given rise to anti-US sentiments in the troubled country.
The continued killing of Afghan civilians by foreign troops has been a serious source of tension between Afghan authorities and the West.
Over 150,000 foreign troops are currently stationed in Afghanistan.
——–Agencies