Local authorities say eight members of an Afghan family, including six children and two women, were killed in a NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan. NATO-is investigating but says it has so far seen "no evidence of civilian casualties".
Seven members of an Afghan family, including a woman and six young children, were killed in a NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan, local authorities say.
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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