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December 6, 2003

A Special Forces operation to kill a local Taliban leader with a smart bomb resulted in nine children, playing nearby in the same compound, were also killed. The Taliban, particularly the leaders, have tried to stay close to civilians in order to avoid American attempts to kill them.