92 people may have been killed in US bombing raid

At least 92 people have been killed by US bombing around the village of Niazi Qala in Paktia province, according to reports.

Witnesses told the Afghan Islamic Press the number of casualties may be higher. Bombs fell in the area about 160 miles south of Kabul on the Gardez-Kabul highway.

There is no immediate comment from the US military, which earlier said it hit a building about 10 miles from Gardez in eastern Paktia province a few days earlier.

The country's interim foreign minister, Dr Abdullah, had said during a news conference that US airstrikes are needed "as long as terrorist cells are in Afghanistan."