 At least four civilians were killed in a NATO airstrike in Laghman province while six militiamen were killed in a remote-controlled explosion in Paktia province. Separately, two NATO soldiers were injured in a clash with the Taliban in Mizan district in Zabul province. The civilians were killed on Saturday in an airstrike that was part of a "mid-scale" operation against militants in Laghman province, local police chief Abdul Karim Omeryar said. In another incident, a remote-controlled bomb killed six militiamen fighting Taliban rebels in Paktia. |