Four civilians killed in NATO airstrike in Afghanistan
At least four Afghan civilians were killed and one was wounded in a NATO-led airstrike against Taliban insurgents in eastern Afghanistan, a police commander has said. The civilians were killed on Saturday in an airstrike that was part of a “mid-scale” operation launched this week against militants in Laghman province just east of Kabul, local police chief, Abdul Karim Omeryar said. He said intelligence reports indicated Taliban fighters were hiding in the house targeted by International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) warplanes in the province’s Alishing district. Full Story