[Dawn] At least five civilians, including two young girls, were killed in an air strike by Nato forces in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, police and hospital officials said.
"We have received five bodies of civilians in our provincial public hospital," Khost provincial health director Amirbadshah Rahmatzai Mangal told AFP.
"The dead include two female children of seven and eight years of age. A 14-year-old boy was wounded." Khost provincial police chief general Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai said six civilians were killed by the bombing, which targeted Taliban militants.
"The coalition forces bombed Taliban positions in Musa Khel district of Khost province today, which resulted in the killing of 38 Taliban and six civilians," he said.
The Afghan interior ministry and Nato could not confirm the incident, but said they were investigating. |