July 26, 2011 – ISAF forces killed three civilians in eastern Kunar Province. Two were high school students gathering firewood. July 27, 2011 – French troops killed three civilians, including a woman and a child, and wounded four others, in the Nijrab district of eastern Kapisa province when they fired on a car that did not stop as it approached. Also, one child was killed when Afghan police carried out a "controlled" detonation of explosives inside Kandahar city. July 28, 2011 – After an investigation into whether Ahmed Omed Khpulwak, an Afghan journalist working as a BBC stringer, was killed by ISAF fire, the ISAF said Khpulwak was mistakenly killed by an ISAF soldier who believed he was an insurgent. July 31, 2011 – ISAF command admitted killing an unarmed civilian in Dowlat District, Laghman Province. August 5, 2011 – Zabul Province police chief Mohammad Nabi Elhaam said angry residents took to the streets after they said three Afghan civilians had been killed during a night raid by ISAF troops. An additional four people were killed during the protests as Afghan police fired into a crowd. ISAF said it had no report of civilian casualties during its operation. August 6, 2011 – Afghan police said 8 civilians were killed in Helmand Province by ISAF troops. "The victims of Friday's air strike in Helmand were members of a family that had fled fighting in neighbouring Uruzgan province, police said." A woman and six children are among the dead. A later account said nine civilians died. Seven of the dead were children from the same family; the mother survived the attack. August 26. 2011 – Six Afghan civilians (all members of the same family) were killed in an ISAF air strike in the Baraki Barak district of Logar province, according to a local official. Four insurgents and three Afghan army members were also killed. August 27, 2011 – Two civilians were killed in Maidan Wardak Province. The incident took place in the Pombai area of Chak district. Locals protested, blocking the Kabul-Kandahar highway. September 2, 2011 – ISAF forces killed an Afghan citizen, Sabar Lal, in a night raid. A former prisoner at Guantanamo, there are separate opinions as to whether he was aiding insurgents or was merely a businessman. Also in dispute is the manner of his death, with some questioning why a well known business figure would have to be