Nato air strike kills 6 children in Afghanistan

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A Nato air strike killed a family of eight, including six children, when it ploughed into their home in eastern Afghanistan, local officials said on Sunday.

Saturday night's incident in Paktia province threatens to further sour already shaky ties between President Hamid Karzai and his Western backers and will likely enrage Afghan civilians weary of years of bloodshed.

'Eight people, a man, his wife and six of their children, are dead,' local government spokesman Rohullah Samoon told AFP.

'It was an air strike conducted by Nato. This man had no connection to the Taleban or any other terrorist group.' A senior security official in Kabul confirmed the strike and deaths.