Troops kill Afghan civilian

Yesterday in Kandahar, a Canadian soldier “'accidentally'” fired a single round on a motorcycle. A Afghan man was killed and the young passenger in the car was seriously injured, which was immediately taken to the Afghan national police to the hospital in Kandahar City. Right after the shot, the Canadian convoy stopped immediately to perform rescue and provide aid. It was made clear that the shot was not caused by enemy in sight. The patrol experienced an equipment malfunction, which resulted in an accidental discharge from a weapon system. The young boy who was injured during the shot was transferred to the military hospital at Kandahar Airfield, where he underwent surgery. After the accident, there was some conflict in the information told by the military and the boy's family. The military said the man who was shot was around 35 with a 8 years-old young boy in the passenger seat, but t. Large red signs on the front of all military vehicles warn drivers to keep away. he family said that the two people in the car were brothers, one was 18 or 19 and the other was 12. No is sure of the age of the two injured citizens yet, but a full investigation will be taking place. It is said that Canadian military will be meeting with the victim’s family soon. Civilian casualties have been a source of scathing Afghan criticism for foreign troops. Public announcement and large red signs on the front of all military vehicles all warn drivers to keep away and stay in a fair distance towards military vehicles. If a civilian vehicle gets too close to military vehicles who are patrolling the city streets, the military vehicle will sound off a warming alarm, and if the civilian vehicle continues to advance, the military vehicle will shoot warning shots in to the sky.
Danger and fear is common in anyone, including citizens, even a soldier when entering a foreign country, let alone to patrol the city streets. Though the shot that was "accidentally" fired yesterday, it still caused a great amount of conflict between the military and the citizens of Afghan. I think this accident should've never happened because no matter what the military says, it's still their responsibilities to keep their weapons under good condition and should know everything about their weapon. Reports say that it was because of weapon malfunction; well, if the soldier had check the weapon before-hand, no citizen of Afghan would be killed or injured. The more "accident" shots that come out of a soldiers gun, the more tension it will create between foreign military and the citizens of Afghan, and sooner or later, there will be rebellion from the citizens. Watching out for suicide bombers can be supported, but rounds being fired through weapon malfunctioning is not an excuse and I think it is not fair to the citizens of Afghan to walk or drive on the streets with fear and danger always at the back of their mind.