Us Rockets Strike Afghan Home, Kill 12 Civilians (ap)

U.S. soldiers exchange fire with insurgents as Afghan soldiers run for cover during a firefight with insurgents in the Badula Qulp area, west of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. The soldiers are operating in support of a U.S. Marine offensive against the Taliban in Marjah area. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP – Two U.S. rockets slammed into a home Sunday outside the southern Taliban stronghold of Marjah, killing 12 civilians after Afghanistan’s president appealed to NATO to take care in its campaign to seize the town.

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