By SPA,
Kabul : U.S.-led forces killed four Afghan civilians, including two women and a boy, in an
operation against the insurgents in the southeastern province of Paktika, the U.S. military said in a statement on Wednesday.
The operation, in which several insurgents were killed, was aimed at two of their leaders, the U.S. military said in its statement, without identifying the pair, according to a report of Reuters.
“The operation also resulted in four civilian deaths and one civilian injury,” it said, adding the fatalities included two women and a boy.
The soldiers detained 12 insurgents in the operation, it said.
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