ASIA | Among them, five children and four women Accused NATO of killing 10 civilians in an anti-Taliban offensive in Afghanistan

Afghan officials have accused the NATO mission in the country (ISAF) to kill ten civilians in an air strike recorded in the eastern province of Kunar, but NATO said the Taliban offensive caused only victims. "A NATO airstrike killed ten civilians, among whom were five children and four women , "said provincial governor, Fazulá Wahidi , a local chain 'Tolo'. However, ISAF stated through a press release that during the military operation, recorded last night in the district of Ghaziabad with Afghan troops, the only fatalities were two "insurgents ". "The attack by the security forces was necessary," noted the Atlantic Alliance in the note, in which he explained that when the operation evaluated the attack, and concluded that " no civilians were injured or their property had been damaged. " Speaking to the local agency AIP, a Taliban spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid , repeated the version given by the provincial governor, adding that in addition to civilians killed five soldiers and wounded three other soldiers. Mujahid also raised the death toll among its ranks three. Civilian deaths are one of the main points of friction between the Afghan authorities and NATO, which in 2011 began to gradually withdraw from the Asian country and transfer responsibility for security to Afghan forces. This transition process should conclude in 2014 , if they meet the deadlines.