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Civilians 'killed in Nato raid' Nato troops hurt in Taleban clash
(about 23 hours later)
Three civilians were killed and seven injured when Nato planes attacked insurgents outside Kabul on Sunday, a senior Afghan police officer says. At least 12 Nato troops have been injured in a single clash with the Taleban close to Kabul on Sunday, it has emerged.
The deputy chief of police of Wardak province said Nato called in air support after militants had ambushed a convoy of international peacekeepers. The International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) said there was no evidence that civilians were killed or injured in an air strike during the fighting.
He said the air attack left five insurgents dead and three civilians, including a husband and wife. A provincial police commander said three civilians had died.
Nato said it had no information about the incident. The battle between Isaf soldiers and the Taleban took place in Wardak province, which borders Kabul.
'Vehicles destroyed' Roadside bomb
The deputy police chief of Wardak province, which borders Kabul, said a roadside bomb struck a convoy belonging to the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) on Sunday morning. The deputy provincial police chief, Asif Bandwal, said a roadside bomb attack on an international convoy had started the fight and that three civilians had been killed and seven injured when air support was called in.
President Karzai says foreign troops must take more care He said five Taleban fighters were also killed and two wounded.
Asif Bandwal described how a battle then began in Jalrez district as the Taleban fired rocket-propelled grenades at the vehicles. But the Isaf spokesman, Maj Charles Anthony, denied there had been any roadside bomb attack, and that there was some confusion over what happened.
He said Nato air power was brought in and three local people were killed and seven injured. But he did confirm that "around a dozen" Nato soldiers had been injured in the battle.
Five insurgents were also killed when the bombs were dropped, he said. The initial report from another Isaf spokesman was that 14 troops had been wounded.
The Taleban say they destroyed four vehicles. "I'm not saying it's 100% out of the realms of possibility, but we have still not found anything up to this point that would lead us to believe there were any civilian casualties on the ground," Maj Anthony said.
The BBC's Alastair Leithead in Kabul says an Isaf spokesman was unable to provide any information about the incident but said he did not think there had been any loss of life from Nato forces. The issue of civilian casualties has been a constant source of tension between international forces and the Afghan government, with President Karzai criticising foreign troops for not taking enough care to prevent mistakes while fighting the Taleban insurgency.
The issue of civilian casualties has had serious repercussions over the past 18 months with President Karzai criticising international troops for not taking more care when fighting insurgents.
This year has been the most violent since the fall of the Taleban in 2001.
The United Nations says the number of insurgent attacks has increased by almost 30% on last year.