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NATO air strike kills 10 Afghan children: officials

AFP , Sunday 7 Apr 2013

Ten children are killed in a NATO air strike in eastern Afghanistan

A NATO air attack in eastern Afghanistan has killed at least 10 children, Afghan officials said Sunday.

The children were killed during a joint Afghan-NATO operation in the Shigal district of Kunar province which borders Pakistan late on Saturday.

"Ten children and eight militants were killed in the strike, six women were wounded," provincial spokesman Wasifullah Wasifi told AFP.

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