Khost, Afghanistan (ANTARA News/AFP) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday ordered an investigation into provincial government claims that a NATO raid killed six civilians in the restive east.

Government officials said the six, including an 11-year-old girl, died during a military operation targeting the Al-Qaeda-linked Haqqani network.

NATO said its troops killed insurgents linked to the Haqqani network during gunfights in the area and that only one civilian was wounded. (*)

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