NATO Strike Kills Seven Civilians, Afghans Say
Sunday, March 27, 2011 at 08:42AM A NATO air strike on two vehicles believed to be carrying Taleban fighters in southern Afghanistan accidentally killed seven civilians and wounded five more, an Afghan official said yesterday.
In the aftermath, coalition troops found the bodies of civilians in the wreckage, Nato said. It did not release the number of dead and wounded. However, a statement from Helmand governor Mohammad Gulab Mangal said seven people - two men, two women and three children - had been killed. They were in another vehicle travelling near those targeted.
Five others Afghan civilians - a man, woman and three children - were wounded, his statement said.
At least four other people were killed in three separate attacks in southern Afghanistan on Friday, including a child, a Nato soldier, and two civilians on a motorcycle.
The child was killed in a bomb attack outside the home of a high-ranking Afghan border police officer in Kandahar, according to the Afghan interior ministry. The bomber himself was injured in the attack and is in critical condition, Afghan police said. Four other people were also wounded in the explosion, police said.
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