Sunday, January 14, 2013
Kabul (BNA) Ten civilians lost their lives in air strike reportedly carried out by NATO-led troops in Sayed Abad district of Wardak province yesterday.
Spokesman for Wardak governor, Shahidullah Shahid said that NATO-led forces aircrafts sorted attacks on a village yesterday.
He said that air raid took place after killing four Taliban militants near a mosque and when the locals gathered to take out the bodies a blast happened killing and injuring more than 10 locals.
A villager Ghafar said 10 civilians were killed and three others including a woman injured.
However, Shahid stated that the blast could be suicide vests of Taliban causing fatalities.
Meantime, local officials said the NATO led forces aircrafts in support of Afghan forces had pounded Taliban positions.
On the other hand some villagers insisted that the armed Taliban militants had killed some civilians inside their houses and fled away.
