The Afghan government has confirmed at least 45 civilians were killed in a rocket attack by a NATO-led force last week.
Many of the victims in southern Helmand province on Friday were women and children.
A government spokesman says they had crammed into a mud house to flee fighting between NATO troops and Taliban insurgents.
A spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force
(ISAF) said the alliance had conducted an operation against insurgents
in Sangin on Friday and was investigating the reports of civilian
deaths.
“We have an assessment team there right now” Major Michael Johnson said.
“The investigation shows that the rocket was fired by NATO and 45
civilians, many of them women and children, have been killed” he added.
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