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WELLINGTON， March 30 (Xinhua) -- A New Zealand former defense minister on Thursday called for an investigation into claims that New Zealand special forces led a raid that killed six civilians in Afghanistan in 2010.


Wayne Mapp， who was defense minister when the operation was carried out in August 2010， stopped short of urging for a full inquiry， but said it would honor both New Zealand soldiers and the Afghans to find out what really happened.


The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) had previously denied civilians were killed during "Operation Burnham，" but allegations in a book by two investigative journalists this month resulted in Chief of Defence Force Lieutenant-General Tim Keating conceding this week that civilians might have died.


Mapp wrote in a blog Thursday that he had been in Afghanistan at the time of the raid， which was led by New Zealand's Special Air Service (SAS) and involved Afghan forces and U.S. air support.


The raid was targeting insurgents in Baghlan province， who were believed to be responsible for attacking New Zealand troops and killing an officer.


"I had been fully briefed on the plan on the morning before it took place. Based on the briefing， and on the advice of the military professionals， I recommended that it proceed，" wrote Mapp.


He said he had no doubt that New Zealand soldiers acted to the highest ethical standards， but he knew that "the operation had not achieved its stated aims of arresting or otherwise dealing with the people who had been identified as leading and organizing Taliban operations."


"I knew this because I was formally briefed on that fact at the time. I also knew that other people had been killed，" wrote Mapp.


"But it became clear later that it was also possible there were other casualties. In particular， the death of a 3-year-old girl."


While the law of armed conflict accepted that civilian casualties might occur in military operations， Mapp asked， "but for New Zealand， is that the end of the matter? Do we hold ourselves to a higher standard?"


"For me， it is not enough to say there might have been civilian casualties. As a nation we owe it to ourselves to find out， to the extent reasonably possible， if civilian causalities did occur， and if they did， to properly acknowledge that."


Since the NZDF attempted to rebut the allegations in the book "Hit and Run" this week， authors Nicky Hager and Jon Stephenson have said they stood by the assertions that six civilians， including a 3-year-old girl， were killed and 15 others injured.


New Zealand lawmakers have called for an independent probe into the claims， but Prime Minister Bill English told Radio New Zealand Monday that allegations of war crimes appeared to be unfounded and there was unlikely to be an inquiry into that.




DAR ES SALAAM， Tanzania， Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) meeting in Tanzania on Friday agreed to support the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) in preparations for the 2018 general elections.


Augustine Mahiga， the east African nation's Minister for Foreign Affairs， said SADC will give full support to the vast central African country as it prepared to conduct general elections next year，


Briefing journalists at the end of a one-day meeting of SADC Inter-State Politics and Diplomacy Committee in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam， Mahiga said the southern African regional body also appealed to the international community to support DR Congo towards preparations of the polls.


"SADC has pleaded to heads of state and government as well as international bodies to assist DR Congo financially because the country is currently facing political instability，" said Mahiga.


He said DR Congo which was currently under an interim government under President Joseph Kabila faced a number of challenges including lack of finance ahead of its elections.


Mahiga said the meeting agreed to send the message to international bodies to help the country in its pre-elections preparations， including registration and updating the voter's registration book.


He said DR Congo Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade， Raymond Tshibanda， presented a report to the meeting on the political situation in the country.


The Congolese minister briefed the meeting on political challenges following the death of opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi， said Mahiga.


Mahiga said the meeting also discussed political instability in the Kingdom of Lesotho.


Mahiga said the meeting reviewed and agreed to give membership to the Comoros that became the 16th member of the SADC while giving recommendations to Burundi after it failed to reach some qualifications to be granted membership. Enditem


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