US-led forces have killed at least 21 civilians in an air strike in southern Afghanistan, local officials say.Helmand provincial Governor Asadullah Wafa said civilian homes were bombed in Sangin district, where foreign and Afghan troops are battling the Taleban.
The US-led coalition said one of its troops died in fighting in Sangin, but it had no reports of civilian deaths.
Mounting civilian casualties have caused an outcry in Afghanistan, with foreign forces accused of carelessness.
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