JALALABAD: Nine schoolgirls were injured in a NATO helicopter attack in AfghanistanÂ’s eastern Nangarhar province, an Afghan official alleged on Wednesday.
NATOÂ’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said it was looking into the allegation but had no immediate information.
“This morning a school was attacked by a NATO helicopter. Nine children, all girls, and the school’s janitor have been injured,” Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, the Nangarhar provincial government spokesman told reporters.
“Some of the girls were discharged after receiving treatment but about five of them are still in the hospital,” Abdulzai said, accusing the US-led ISAF force of carrying out the attack.
An ISAF spokesman said the force was aware of the claim but “we don’t have operational reporting of it”. |