Karzai Orders Probe Into Killing of 11 Children in Afghanistan

Afghan President Hamid Karzai ordered an investigation after a provincial official said 11 children died during a daylong battle between coalition forces and Taliban fighters.

In a statement, the president’s office condemned the deaths of the children, who local officials said were between two months and seven years old, in the Shigel district of Kunar province. Karzai sent a delegation to probe claims that they died in a strike by U.S. aircraft. Seven Taliban militants, including commanders, were reported killed in the fighting, while four Afghan security personnel and five local women were wounded.