US-led air strike kills 21 civilians: Afghan governor

An air strike by US-led coalition forces killed 21 civilians in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand overnight, the provincial governor told AFP Wednesday.

War planes bombed a village in Sangin district of Helmand province late Tuesday, provincial governor Assadullah Wafa said.

"Twenty-one civilians including women and children were killed," he said.

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