5 civilians killed in air raid in Afghan Logar province

Five civilians were killed when warplanes of NATO-led troops carried out an airstrike against Taliban in Logar province, 60 km south of capital city of Kabul, spokesman for the provincial administration said on Friday. "A joint unit of Afghan and NATO-led troops came in contact with the Taliban in Baraki Barak district overnight triggering a gun battle that left three Afghan army soldiers dead and a foreign soldier injured," Din Mohammad Darwish told Xinhua. He said in retaliation, troops called on air support and that the air power pounded a compound used by insurgents to fire on security forces. In the aftermath of the strike, conducted at around 00:30 a.m. local time Friday, troops found that five civilians including three women were killed in the incident. However, according to Darwish, three Taliban insurgents including a group commander named Qari Hijran were also killed in the attack.