NATO air raid kills 10 civilians: Afghan officials

ASADABAD: A NATO air strike killed 10 civilians, mostly women and children, in a raid on a Taliban hideout in a remote region of eastern Afghanistan, local officials said Wednesday."Five children,...

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NATO air raid kills 10 civilians: Afghan officials
ASADABAD: A NATO air strike killed 10 civilians, mostly women and children, in a raid on a Taliban hideout in a remote region of eastern Afghanistan, local officials said Wednesday.

"Five children, four women and a man were killed in the raid," Kunar provincial governor, Sayed Fazulullah Wahidi, told AFP.

A spokesman for NATO forces said they were investigating the allegations.