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Nato air strikes in eastern Afghanistan kill Taliban Nato air strikes in eastern Afghanistan kill Taliban
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At least 13 Taliban militants have been killed in Nato air strikes in the east Afghan province of Kunar, which lies on the border with Pakistan. More than two dozen suspected Taliban militants have been killed in an air strike carried out by Nato in eastern Afghanistan, the alliance has said.
Local officials reported the death of 46 suspected Taliban members while the insurgents themselves confirmed 13 had been killed and 10 wounded. Nato carried out the strike in the Chapa Dara district of Kunar province, on the border with Pakistan.
Kunar border areas have come under heavy shelling from the Pakistani side in recent months. Senior officials in Kunar told the BBC the militants arrived in "dozens of vehicles" to burn houses of villagers and "possibly execute people".
Afghanistan and Pakistan accuse each other of failing to stop infiltrators. The area is regularly shelled from the Pakistani side.
The air strikes occurred in the Chapa Dara district of Kunar. Pakistanis and Afghans accuse each other of failing to act against militant attacks inside each other's territory.
Isaf, the Nato-led international force in Afghanistan, confirmed Nato had launched an air strike on suspected Taliban militants in Kunar. Earlier reports of the Kunar air strike gave conflict accounts of the numbers killed.
A spokesman told the BBC that a combined Afghan/Isaf operation killed more than two dozen militants. There were no reports of civilian casualties. Local officials said 46 suspected Taliban members had died.
There are conflicting reports about what the Taliban had been doing before the attack, said to have taken place at 13:00 (08:30 GMT) on Saturday. Taliban leaders, however, said 13 had been killed and 10 wounded.
Senior Afghan officials in Kunar told the BBC that insurgents had come in "dozens of vehicles" to burn the houses of villagers and "possibly execute people". There were no reports of civilian casualties.
District police chief Najibullah Gujar told AFP news agency the militants had gathered to publicly execute a man accused of killing another man from a rival family.District police chief Najibullah Gujar told AFP news agency the militants had gathered to publicly execute a man accused of killing another man from a rival family.