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NATO troops raid Afghan MP's home, kill relative
NATO troops raided the home of a prominent Afghan lawmaker, killing a relative, police and the MP said Thursday, as the French military admitted accidentally killing civilians.
Safia Sidiqi, a member of the Afghan parliament representing Surkh Rod, told AFP the troops entered her home without warning.
"My brothers thought they were thieves," Sidiqi told AFP, adding that she had not been at the house at the time.
"One of my relatives took a shotgun and walked out of the room. The troops shot him dead," she said. The victim had been visiting the family for the night, she said.
The MP said the troops tied her brothers' hands despite them identifying themselves in English as siblings of a lawmaker.
"My brothers told them in English 'do you know whose house is this? This the house of Safia Sidiqi, a member of the Afghan parliament'," Sidiqi said.
"They said 'we know" and did not allow them to speak further," she said.