NATO strike 'kills Afghan civilians'

An air strike launched overnight by NATO forces has killed 14 civilians in Afghanistan's Badghis province, in the district of Balamurghab, according to police sources in the area. Reports suggest the dead included a mother and five children. Officials who spoke with the Al Jazeera news network on Monday said an additional six civilians were injured. Elsewhere in Afghanistan on Monday, NATO said in a statement that a bomb had killed three of its service members in eastern Afghanistan. The statement did not provide details about the attack or the nationality of the service members killed. NATO usually waits for member nations to provide details about troop deaths. So far this year, 142 coalition members have died in Afghanistan.