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Two Afghan students killed by NATO troops
Afghan officials accused NATO-led troops of killing two schoolboys in central Afghanistan on Saturday after a patrol came under fire by Taliban insurgents, but foreign troops said the circumstances were unclear.
A statement released by the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said two civilians had possibly been killed in the Maidan Shahr district of Wardak province, west of Kabul, when insurgents attacked the patrol. However, it did not say whether they were killed by ISAF troops or by insurgents.
Wardak police chief Nawas Haqyar said ISAF troops were returning fire and mistakenly killed the students. "Our investigation shows that the teenage boys were killed by ISAF bullets, not Taliban," he told Reuters.
The attack prompted a brief demonstration by angry villagers, demanding an explanation from NATO forces over the killing.