Nato strike killed seven Afghan civilians

KABUL: A Nato airstrike in southern Afghanistan's restive Helmand province killed seven civilians, three of them children, and wounded five others, the provincial governor said Saturday.

"ISAF forces fired on a vehicle carrying insurgents. The explosion hit another vehicle in which civilians were travelling, and as a result two men, two women and three children were killed," said a statement from Muhammad Gulab Mangal's office.