16 Taliban, 11 civilians killed in US Airstrike in Logar

F.P. Report

KABUL: The US airstrike continues to kill innocent civilians in Afghanistan and in the latest airstrike as many as 11 civilians were killed along with 16 Taliban fighters in central Logar province.

Governor Haleem Fedaya, has confirmed that airstrike was conducted in the parts of capital of Logar against the Taliban insurgents and the Taliban fighters reportedly took shelters in the civilians houses and the foreign troops targeted them.

He added that two important Taliban commanders were killed in the airstrike.

The NATO officials said in a statement on Thursday that they were aware of an incident in Logar district in which potentially civilians were killed in it.

It is to be notified that the incident was second in one week when the US led airstrike kills 16 civilians in Zerkoh district of Heart Province last Monday.