From the "Winning hearts and minds" file.

Reuters - Four Afghan civilians, including two children and a woman, were killed by U.S. forces in southern Kandahar city Saturday, a police official said.

Damn.

The wrong people get killed in every war, of course. That's one of the reasons that war should be the very last resort in problem solving, engaged in only the most desperate circumstances.

And another reason the the right way in Afghanistan is out.