killed by US troops at a checkpoint in a village near Gereshk, in Helmand Province. In later reports, the US denied its troops had been involved in the killings. April 29, 2007 – A number of Afghan civilians in Zerkoh Valley were killed in airstrikes conducted in support of US Special Operations Forces. Estimates of the dead vary, with the Afghan government claiming 42 killed, with no sign of Taliban forces. Initial Coalition media reports stated that 87 Taliban were killed with no reports of civilian casualties. Human Rights Watch reported the civilian dead as at least 25. April 29, 2007 – Six people including a woman and a teenage girl were killed by US and Afghan forces as they raided a suspected "car bomb cell" in the Bati Kot area of Nangarhar province, very close to the location of the March 4th 2007. Another woman and another teenage girl were wounded in this incident. May 1, 2007 – About 50 civilians, including women and children were killed by US and NATO bombings in Herat province of western Afghanistan during the preceding week. May 9, 2007 – Between 21 and 38 civilians, including women and children were killed by a US Air Raid in the village of Soro, in the Sangin district of Helmand Province. Five homes were bombed after US Special Forces came under attack, an attack which cost the life of one US serviceman. May 31, 2007 – At least 15 civilians were killed by NATO forces in the Kajaki district of Helmand Province. June 11, 2007 – Three civilians were killed by NATO-led troops in the Kunar Province as they approached a checkpoint in a vehicle. June 18, 2007 – Seven children were killed in a US Air Strike directed at a compound in Zarghun Shah, in the Paktika province. Initially the US claimed they did not know that children were in the compounds but some U.S. officials confirmed that U.S. forces were indeed aware of the children's presence but military officials told NBC News that Abu Laith al Libi, an al-Qaida leader, was considered such a high-value target it was worth the risk that some children might become casualties of the attack. June 19, 2007 – 10 civilians were killed in a US missile strike inside Pakistan. June 22, 2007 – About 25 civilians including 9 women and 3 children were killed in an air strike