Kabul: At least 65 people including civilian and anti-government militants were killed by NATO-led forces in Kunar province 185 km east of Afghanistan capital Kabul, government official said on Sunday.
Governor of Kunar Fazlullah Wahidi said that ‘In the four days of operations against insurgents in Ghazi Abad district, 65 people including militants and civilians have been killed.
He, however, could not tell the exact number of militants or civilians killed in the operations which included air power and ground troops.
Earlier, NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in a statement said the alliance had sent an investigating team to look into the allegations of ISAF-caused civilian casualties during operations in Kunar province.
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