U.S. rejects U.N. report on children killed in Afghanistan

The U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child cites reports that U.S. forces killed hundreds of Afghan children in the last four years, which the U.S. calls ‘categorically unfounded.’

KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S. military Friday strongly rejected reports cited by a United Nations committee indicating that American forces had killed hundreds of children in Afghanistan over the last four years.