KABUL — The governor of an eastern province in Afghanistan alleged on Thursday that a NATO airstrike killed three civilians and wounded seven, a claim the US-led coalition flatly denied.
Sayed Fazelullah Wahidi claimed two women and a child died in the airstrike allegedly carried out by a drone in the Noorgaram area of the Dara-i Peach district.
''This claim is not true,'' the US-led International Assistance Force said. ''ISAF takes allegations of civilian casualties very seriously. We do not have any operational reporting that supports the . . . allegations within the Kunar Province.''
Wahidi did not say how he came to the conclusion that the three were killed by a drone strike.
''We are investigating how this incident took place and why civilians became the victims of this attack,'' he said.
Kunar is on the border with Pakistan and has seen heavy fighting involving insurgents.