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Local Afghan officials say at least 10 people have been killed in eastern Afghanistan\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s Paktika Province in a US airstrike targeting Taliban militants, Press TV <\/b> reports.\n<\/p>\n
Local Afghan authorities say 10 Taliban militants planting bombs in the area were targeted in the attack carried out by US forces on Wednesday.\n<\/p>\n
Further details regarding the exact location of the attack have not yet been released.\n<\/p>\n
Taliban militants have not yet commented on the incident.\n<\/p>\n
On June 6, eight Taliban militants were killed and several others injured in central Afghanistan\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s Wardak Province.\n<\/p>\n
US-led foreign forces have killed thousands of people, including many civilians, in airstrikes and night raids since they invaded the country in 2001.\n<\/p>\n
Washington claims it targets Taliban militants, but civilians are often the victims of such attacks.\n<\/p>\n
United Nations Special Representative and head of UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan Jan Kubis said on Tuesday that there has been a 24 percent rise in civilian casualties in the country in the first six months of the year. He added that civilian deaths and injuries caused by US-led night raids had increased by 12 percent.\n<\/p>\n
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