Eight dead in fresh Afghan unrest: officials

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Source: AFP

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) - A policeman and seven Taliban rebels were killed in fighting in southern Afghanistan, including a foreign airstrike that also wounded three civilians, officials said Wednesday.

International forces' warplanes dropped bombs on a group of Taliban militants travelling by motorcycle overnight, killing three insurgents, said deputy governor of Zabul province, Gulab Shah Alikhail.

A civilian woman and two children from a nomadic tribe who had pitched their tents nearby were injured in the strike, Alikhail told AFP.

NATO-led forces fighting a Taliban-led insurgency here said they were not immediately aware of the bombing, while officials from the separate US-led coalition were unavailable for comment.



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