Afghan and NATO officials have differed over whether an air strike in eastern Nangarhar Province targeted and killed five civilians.
Provincial police spokesman Hazrat Hussain Mashreqiwal said on October 5 that the five victims were a group of friends, aged 12 and 20, who were out hunting birds with air guns in the area of Saracha, a few kilometers from Jalalabad city, the provincial capital.
The U.S.-led coalition says the strike late on October 4 targeted insurgents near an airport used by NATO forces and that its initial reports indicate no civilian casualties.
Provincial police spokesman Hazrat Hussain Mashreqiwal said on October 5 that the five victims were a group of friends, aged 12 and 20, who were out hunting birds with air guns in the area of Saracha, a few kilometers from Jalalabad city, the provincial capital.
The U.S.-led coalition says the strike late on October 4 targeted insurgents near an airport used by NATO forces and that its initial reports indicate no civilian casualties.
