Sunday, May 27, 2012

Family dies in Afghanistan airstrike

Seven members of an Afghan family, including a woman and six young children, were killed in a NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan, ITV News reported, citing local authorities.The strike took place in the Gerda Serai district of Paktai late on Saturday, the provincial governor’s spokesman, Rohullah Samon, said as foreign and Afghan security forces try to quell Taliban and Haqqani network insurgents active in the area.A spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said it was aware of reports of the incident in volatile Paktia province and was gathering information. 

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