AlHijjah 28, 1432, Nov 24, 2011, SPA -- Airstrikes by NATO-led forces in southern Afghanistan killed nine people including six children and two insurgents, Afghan officials said Thursday according to dpa. Two girls were also injured in the airstrikes in Kandahar province, the president's office said in a statement. "NATO military helicopters identified five insurgents who were planting bombs along the road. The helicopter killed two of them, while two others ran away and hid in Siacha village," said NiyazMohammad, a local governor. One insurgent was injured. "Later, military helicopters bombed the location where they were hiding and as a result six children who were playing nearby were killed," the governor added. A man injured in the second attack died later in hospital. President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned the aerial attack.
