Afghan villagers say air strike kills 9 civilians
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Villagers in southern Afghanistan say an overnight air strike by international forces has killed nine civilians, including at least three children. But Afghan authorities said they had no reports of civilian deaths.
Helmand province government spokesman Daoud Ahmadi confirmed an air strike in the village of Korkhashien, just south of the provincial capital of Lashkar Gah, but said that eight Taliban militants were killed while hiding out in a compound. (Reuters)
