The following report describes how the taliban specifically went after civilians for the purpose of capture to be hostages. This is just further proof of their ignorant Dark Ages mentality and overall incompatibility to modern civilization.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20077498/site/newsweek/


I do feel a sense of ' how unfortunate' when hearing about the incidents of civilian casualties; but in regards to striking the taliban, I say acceptable loss. My reasoning is that the United States is not specifically targeting civilians ( as most islamic terrorists do). The United States makes great effort to avoid injuring and/or killing civilians. The islamic terrorists kill, injure and hide among the civilian population is standard operating procedure.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070803/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan