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Taliban attacks against NATO bases kill, wound 4 Afghan children
May 22, 2008, 11:59 GMT
Kabul - An Afghan child was killed and three others were wounded when Taliban insurgents attacked NATO bases in eastern Afghanistan, the alliance said in a statement on Thursday.
Insurgents' attacks targeted two NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) bases in Asmar district of eastern Kunar province, close to border with Pakistan, ISAF said in a statement.
'Three separate groups of insurgents launched the attacks on the ISAF bases with heavy machine gun and rocket-propelled grenade fire. The attacks lasted approximately 20 minutes,' the statement said.
The three wounded children were evacuated to an ISAF medical facility in the area, it said, but did not say if there were any causalities on the side of Taliban or NATO troops.
Afghan civilians often get caught in the crossfire between the hostile groups during Taliban-led violence in Afghanistan.
Around 200 Afghan civilians were killed by international forces, mainly in airstrikes, so far this year, while 300 other civilians were killed in Taliban attacks, mostly in suicide bombings in the same period of time, according to a recent report by United Nations Human Rights Commission.
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