A Nato air strike has killed 11 children and a woman in eastern Afghanistan, according to local officials.
The strike targeted the militants in the Shigal district of restive Kunar province, near the border with Pakistan.
"Eleven children and a woman were killed when an air strike hit their houses," said Wasifullah Wasifi, the spokesman for Kunar province.
They were killed when the houses collapsed on them, officials said.
Six insurgents - two of them senior Taliban leaders - were also killed during the operation on Saturday.
Shigal district governor Abdul Zahir said people had brought the children's bodies to the centre of the town.
Civilian casualties caused by Nato forces have been one of the most contentious issues in the campaign against Taliban insurgents, provoking harsh criticism from President Hamid Karzai and angry public protests.
A spokesman for the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), Captain Luca Carniel, said they were aware of reports of civilian casualties and were assessing the incident.
Taliban militants have killed six Americans - including a young female diplomat - in the deadliest day in Afghanistan for the US in eight months.
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