Kabul : Two Afghan women were killed in an operation in eastern Afghanistan that also left 17 insurgents dead, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said today.
Local officials had previously said that two women and a child died in the fighting late Tuesday in the Dangam district of Kunar province.
In a statement, ISAF said that as its troops were clearing a compound, they were fired upon while someone trained a spotlight in their direction.
"The security forces returned fire, killing the insurgent and what turned out to be two women he was hiding behind," an ISAF statement said.
It added that during the operation, ISAF troops "killed 17 insurgents including foreign fighters and detained one suspected insurgent while searching for an Al-Qaeda senior leader". PTI
Local officials had previously said that two women and a child died in the fighting late Tuesday in the Dangam district of Kunar province.
In a statement, ISAF said that as its troops were clearing a compound, they were fired upon while someone trained a spotlight in their direction.
"The security forces returned fire, killing the insurgent and what turned out to be two women he was hiding behind," an ISAF statement said.
It added that during the operation, ISAF troops "killed 17 insurgents including foreign fighters and detained one suspected insurgent while searching for an Al-Qaeda senior leader". PTI
