16 civilians killed in Afghanistan attack, retaliation

Sixteen civilians have been killed in eastern Afghanistan after a US convoy was ambushed and troops returned fire, the US-led coalition said, as the government said the soldiers killed 10 people.

The coalition did not specify how many were killed in the suicide attack in the eastern province of Nangarhar and how many in the subsequent gunfire from the soldiers.

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