{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Kabul Press","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kabulpress.org","title":"Afghan Girl Killed by Reckless U.S. Mortar Fire","author_name":"Matthew J. Nasuti (Former U.S. Air Force Captain)","width":"600","height":"400","url":"https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article31576.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article31576.html'\u003EAfghan Girl Killed by Reckless U.S. Mortar Fire\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOn July 28, 2010, reckless mortar fire by U.S. Marines ended the life of a 14 year old Afghan girl named Gul Makay.  Her name \u0645\u06a9\u0626 \u06ab\u0644 is that of the heroine in the famous Pashtun folk tale of Musa Khan.  The Marine unit, according to Time Magazine\u2019s Adam Ferguson, was the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment.  The location was the \u201cliberated\u201d Afghan district town of Marjah in Helmond Province.  The Marines had been fired upon by a lone gunman 250 meters away in what appears to be a (\u2026)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}