KANDAHAR: An overnight airstrike by international forces killed nine civilians, including three children, said villagers on Thursday. Afghan authorities said they had no reports of civilian deaths.
Meanwhile, a US soldier serving under Nato was killed in an insurgent attack. Helmand provincial spokes man Dawood Ahmadi confirmed an airstrike in Korkhashien, but said eight Taliban militants were killed while hiding in a compound.
Sgt Angela Eggman, a US spokeswoman for NATO forces, said she was aware of an incident in the area and it was being investigated. Villager Abdul Rashin said the people were killed while harvesting corn in their fields.
In Khost province, several hundred people demonstrated on Thursday against an overnight raid that killed a resident of Baramkhil village. Nato forces said the man was a militant, who was killed when Afghan and international forces were pursuing an insurgent leader.
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