Six children die in US bombing raid

Six children have been killed during an assault by US forces on a compound in eastern Afghanistan, the second time in a week that civilians have died in action against Taliban and al-Qaida suspects.

The children died during an attack on Friday against a complex near the eastern city of Gardez where a renegade Afghan commander, Mullah Jalani, was believed to have stocked weapons, said Lt Col Bryan Hilferty.