AlQa'dah 29, 1433, Oct 15, 2012, SPA - Three Afghan boys were killed by a NATO airstrike in southern Afghanistan, while Taliban killed three civilians in the south-central region, officials said Monday, DPA reported. "The NATO air force identified and targeted two insurgents planting mines on a road in Nawa district of Helmand province Sunday evening. Three children collecting firewood in the bushes nearby were also killed," provincial police spokesman Ahmad Farid Farhang said. The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) confirmed the strike but said three insurgents were killed.