Iran Press / Asia: An Afghan military official in the northwest of Afghanistan, Mohammad Hanif Rezai, added on Tuesday that 4 out of 18 people who were killed in a US airstrike on Taliban positions in Qurghan district were civilians, Anadolu news agency reported.
He added that 14 others were members of the Taliban.
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