22 August 2010 - 19:30

A NATO raid in Afghanistan's northern Konduz province has left six civilians dead and 11 more injured, a Press TV correspondent reports.

Ahlul Bayt News Agency, Provincial officials said the fatalities of the Monday raid include a woman and a child. They further added that US-led forces took four other civilians with themselves.

The Western military alliance is already under fire over the rising civilian death toll in the war-torn Afghanistan.

According to the United Nations, more than 1,200 Afghan civilians were killed during the first half of 2010.

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