‘A 9-year-old Afghan has been killed in a deadly airstrike by the US-led forces in the troubled southern province of Helmand, Press TV reports.

Local Afghan police sources say the boy’s father and sister were injured after warplanes from the Western military alliance attacked a residential area in the volatile region on Monday.

US-led forces have confirmed the airstrike, saying civilians were targeted by mistake.

Meanwhile, at least two people were killed in a similar attack in the eastern province of Gazni on Sunday.

Thousands of Afghan civilians, including a large number of women and children, have been killed during night raids by foreign forces and CIA-run assassination drone strikes.’

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