[3][4] The victims were traveling in three buses in broad daylight in a group of 42 civilians in Uruzgan province near the border to Daykundi on February 21, 2010 .
[5][6] When the convoy was on a main road in the village of Zerma it came under attack from U.S. Special Forces piloting Little Bird helicopters using "airborne weapons".
[8] ISAF ground troops transported the wounded to medical treatment facilities after they found women and children at the scene.
Amanullah Hotak, head of Uruzgan's provincial council said: "We don't want their apologies or the money they always give after every attack.
"I have made it clear to our forces that we are here to protect the Afghan people, and inadvertently killing or injuring civilians undermines their trust and confidence in our mission," he said in a statement.