KABUL: Airstrikes killed 14 insurgents in central Afghanistan, Nato said.
The military alliance said in a statement Monday that the air power was used after a joint Nato-Afghan patrol came under small arms and machine-gun fire from militants. It happened Sunday while the patrol was crossing a river in the central Uruzgan province.
Nato said troops requested air support after concluding there was no danger of civilian casualties. Nato aircraft targeted the insurgents in three raids with precision-guided ammunition.
Nato said initial reports indicated no civilian casualties occurred.
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