Ahad said foreign forces had caused resentment among the local population by causing civilian casualties and by conducting house searches.

阿哈德说外国势力在当地居民中怨声连连，因为他们造成了平民伤亡，还挨家挨户搜查房子。

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“We must avoid the trap of winning tactical victories—but suffering strategic defeats—by causing civilian casualties or excessive damage and thus alienating the people,” he says.

他说：“我们必须避免那种困境，即战术上获胜——却在战略上失败——由于造成了平民伤亡或过度的破坏而与民众产生隔阂”。

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On 9 September 2008 it unintentionally landed on a village causing 26 civilian casualties.

2008年9月9日，这一失灵系统再一次落在一村庄造成26名无辜平民受难。

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been highly critical of Nato strikes causing civilian casualties in the past.

BBC: Nato air strike in Ghazni 'kills Afghanistan police'

He also threatened to turn to China and Russia as alternative military allies and intensified his criticism of the coalition, regularly issuing statements that condemn the U.S. for causing civilian casualties.

WSJ: Hamid Karzai: Our Man in Kabul?

Lieutenant Colonel DAVID BENJAMIN (Israel Defense Forces): An incoming rocket which has the potential of causing significant civilian casualties on our side certainly worthy of a military response from our side.

NPR: Israel Apologizes, but Strikes to Continue