Initial reports indicated that at least 18 civilians were killed and many others wounded in an overnight air raid in Khash Rod district of southwestern Nimroz province, Nasir Ahmad Haibat, head of the provincial health department spoke to TKG.
There were women and children among the dead and wounded, he added.
Rahmatullah Omari, spokesman for the provincial governor, also confirmed the air strike, adding a delegation was sent at the scene to further probe into the incident.
Witnesses and the wounded people claim the airstrike was carried out by Afghan forces.
Intensified hostilities have been inflicting heavy casualties on combatants from both sides even as the negotiating representatives of the Afghan government and the Taliban have gathered in Doha to push for bringing the war of Afghanistan to an end.
Afghan government’s peace negotiation team met with the Taliban representatives Saturday to resume peace talks with the Taliban after a three-week break.
In the first round of talks which lasted for three months, negotiators from the two sides agreed on a code of conduct for the talks.
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