World | NATO Afghan Officials: NATO Airstrike Killed 12 Children NATO says the matter is under investigation By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted May 29, 2011 2:28 PM CDT Copied Afghans shout anti-US slogans during a demonstration in Taloqan, Takhar province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan on May 19, 2011, protesting a nighttime NATO raid in the area that left four people dead. (AP Photo/Ezatullah Pamir) A NATO airstrike targeting insurgents inadvertently hit two civilian homes in the volatile southwestern Helmand province, killing 12 children and two women, an Afghan government official said today. He said the alliance launched the airstrike late yesterday in retaliation for an attack earlier in the day on a US Marine base. A NATO spokesman said a joint coalition and Afghan delegation was traveling to the site to investigate. Afghan President Karzai blamed American troops for airstrikes that killed the 14 women and children and two men, injuring of six other civilians. "We have told the Americans and NATO forces several times that uncoordinated operations will result in the killing of innocent civilians and that such operations are inhumane, but still no one has listened," Karzai said today, adding that his condemnation would be "the last warning to NATO forces, American forces, and American officials." Read These Next Her blood isn't compatible with anyone else's. Some of the most explosive Diddy allegations are dropped. Fan who taunted Ketel Marte's mom has been banned by MLB. NJ lifeguard survives after being impaled by an umbrella. Report an error