Military operations and their lethality

In Eastern Afghanistan, US soldiers on patrol during a Western military operation have been found guilty of the death of ten Afghan civilians, eight of them school children.  This statement was reported by the Aghani President Hamid Karzai’s office. The president himself was extremely enraged by this incident and he condemned the killings appointing a delegation to investigate the incident. 

The initial reports ‘indicate that in a series of operations by international forces in Kunar province.. 10 civilians, eight of them school students, have been killed’. International forces have always been a source for unnecessary civilian death. Unfortunately however, their presence continues to haunt many people, parents, children and family. The reason for their presence is always the same, security and investigation. But their actions to the goals more than always seem to suggest the opposite.

Most of these incidents are not even reported, but once in a while, in a nation ravaged by war and unrest, some of the situations come to public notice. After this recent incident that happened on Saturday, the President’s own politicians were given the responsibility of creating a new cabinet to protect the civilian casualties.
Defending their purpose and stance, the Western military officials stated that they had been conducting operations against the militant insurgents  in the border regions of Kunar; that they have been killing a lot of Taliban and captured a few too.
Unless now school children are included in their criteria for defining and characterizing Talibans, in my opinion, they have not explained the intentions behind their unnecessary and violent attacks at all.