Afghan officials: Airstrike kills 11 civilians

A NATO airstrike killed 11 Afghan civilians, including 10 children, during a fierce weekend gunbattle with Taliban militants that also left one US civilian adviser dead in eastern Afghanistan, Afghan officials said Sunday.

The US-led coalition confirmed that airstrikes were called in by international forces during the Afghan-led operation in a remote area of Kunar province near the Pakistan border. The coalition said it was aware of reports that civilians were killed, but had no immediate information about their deaths. (AP)