KABUL — An Afghan military air strike targeting Taliban fighters killed at least 12 people, including children, and wounded 14 in an attack that hit a religious school in the northeastern province of Takhar, two provincial officials said on Thursday. He did not elaborate on what kind of air strike had been carried out. The two provincial officials asked not to be named because they were not authorized to speak to the press. Senior officials in the capital city Kabul, including First Vice President Amrullah Saleh, denied that children had been killed in the air strike. In a statement, the hardline Islamist Taliban movement said 12 children were killed and 18 others including a cleric wounded in the air strike.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 22, 2020 13:30 UTC