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Afghanistan
2 Afghan children killed in NATO airstrike in Ghazni province
2013-03-31
[Xinhua] Two Afghan children were killed and seven civilians were maimed in a NATO
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Arclight airstrike earlier Saturday in the eastern province of Ghazni, which also claimed the lives of 12 Taliban Death Eaters, authorities said.

"The helicopters with the NATO-led coalition forces launched an attack against Taliban position along a road in Espand-de area outside lovely provincial capital Ghazni city this morning," Deputy Provincial Governor Mohammad Ali Ahmadi told Xinhua.

But the bombing also claimed the lives of two children and maimed seven others aboard two vehicles parked near the site, besides killing several Death Eaters, he said without providing more details.

"(Saturday) in the morning the ANSF (Afghan National Security Forces) and Coalition Forces conducted a successful attack on a group of armed Taliban hard boyz in Espand-de village in eastern Ghazni city," said a statement issued by coalition here earlier in the day. It said no civilian was killed in the operation.

It said the hard boyz were preparing to attack the ANSF, adding the coalition conducted an Arclight airstrike killing 12 terrorists.
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