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At Least 16 Civilians Killed in Foreign Forces' Airstrike in East Afghanistan

© REUTERS / ParwizAn Afghan policeman keeps watch while men gather at the site of a suicide car bomb attack in Surkhrod district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, December 7, 2015
An Afghan policeman keeps watch while men gather at the site of a suicide car bomb attack in Surkhrod district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, December 7, 2015 - Sputnik International
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At least 16 civilians were killed in an airstrike carried out by foreign forces in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar, TOLO News reported Friday. It is unclear yet an aircraft of which country carried out the deadly airstrike.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The news outlet cited sources as saying that the deadly airstrike was carried out in the Haska Mina district late on Thursday. According to the source, there are women and children among the victims.

The number of victims was also confirmed by the Nangarhar governor's spokesman.

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Nangarhar is an Afghan territory bordering Pakistan. On April 13, the US dropped a non-atomic bomb in the Achin district of the Afghan province of Nangarhar, known as the “Mother of All Bombs” or MOAB.

Afghanistan has been experiencing significant political, social and security-related instability for decades, as terrorist organizations, including Daesh and the Taliban terrorist groups, which continue to stage attacks against civilian and military targets.

The United States and its allies launched a military operation in Afghanistan in 2001 following 9/11 terror attacks. The mission in Afghanistan ended on December 28, 2014. On January 1, 2015, NATO announced its new mission in the country, called Resolute Support, to train and assist the Afghan security forces.

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