Afghan airstrike on Taliban kills 6 civilians
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An Afghan official says an airstrike targeting Taliban fighters has killed six civilians in the southern Helmand province.
Mir Ahmad, a provincial council member in Helmand, says two other civilians were wounded in the airstrike by the Afghan air force late Monday in the Nad Ali district. He says the strike killed around a dozen Taliban insurgents.
Omar Zwak, spokesman for the provincial governor, confirmed the airstrike but said all the killed and wounded were Taliban members.
Elsewhere in Helmand province, a roadside bomb struck a vehicle in the Gareshk district, killing at least three civilians, according to the district chief, Mohammad Saleem Roodi.
