Taliban leader among 'innocent people' killed in Afghan raid

A Taliban leader and another insurgent were killed after they opened fire on Afghan and coalition troops during a night raid in the country’s east, Nato has said.

Taliban leader among 'innocent people' killed in Afghan raid

A Taliban leader and another insurgent were killed after they opened fire on Afghan and coalition troops during a night raid in the country’s east, Nato has said.

But villager Abdul Malik Abdul Rahimzai said the soldiers who attacked a neighbour’s house in Qarghayi district in the eastern province of Laghman killed “innocent people” who were unarmed.

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