US-led strike kills 6 Afghan civilians

A US-led airstrike targeting the Taliban militants has killed six members of a family in Afghanistan's eastern province of Logar. Mohammed Rahim, the governor of Barki Bark said the attack took place in Pakhtab district of the town at 11 p.m. local time on Thursday, a Press TV correspondent reported on Friday. The father of the family, his wife, and their four children, aged between eight and 16, died after their house was hit in the incident, the Afghan official said. Afghan officials say the target of the assault was a local Taliban commander who was killed along with three other militants. At least 1,462 civilians were killed in the first half of the current year, indicating a 15-percent increase compared with the same period in 2010, the UN said. More than 2,777 civilians lost their lives in 2010, with roadside bombs the biggest source of casualties