NATO airstrike kills several civilians, Afghan officials say
The NATO-led coalition in Afghanistan has confirmed only that it carried out a "precision strike" in Watapur district in eastern Kunar province late on Saturday. It said the strike had killed 10 "enemy forces," but that it had no reports of civilian casualties.
Afghan officials however say that several civilians, including children, were caught up in the airstrike targeting Taliban fighters. They said the truck was hit after the driver of the pickup truck gave the Taliban fighters a lift.
Reports on the number of civilian casualties differ, with Kunar provincial governor Shujaul Mulk Jalala telling AFP news agency that 12 civilians were killed, along with four insurgents belonging to the terrorist network al-Qaeda.
Kunar police chief Abdul Habib Sayed Khil told AFP that 10 civilians had died in the attack.
"President Hamid Karzai termed the attack on women and children against all internationally agreed principles and strongly condemned it," Karzai's office said in a statement
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