Kabul  - Residents in eastern Afghanistan said Wednesday that dozens of ci

Kabul - Residents in eastern Afghanistan said Wednesday that dozens of civilians were killed in a US military airstrike, while coalition forces claimed that the raids killed several militants and four civilians.

The attack took place in Mata Khan District in south-eastern province of Paktika near the border with Pakistan on Tuesday night, the military and local sources said.

"The US aircrafts bombed several houses in Ebrahim Kariz village and killed around 40 civilians," Haji Mangal, a tribal elder in the area told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.

"First the military forces bombed the area and then descended soldiers from helicopters", Mangal said, adding that the dead included several women and children.

Kabul  - Four Afghan police and several Taliban militants were killed in separate attack and clashes in Afghanistan, officials said Monday.

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