Nato air strike ‘kills eight women’ in Laghman

At least eight women have died in a Nato air strike in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Laghman, local officials say.

Nato has conceded that between five and eight civilians died as it targeted insurgents, and offered condolences.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai “strongly condemned” the deaths and has sent officials to the area to investigate.

Earlier on Sunday, four US soldiers with the Nato forces were killed in an attack by suspected Afghan police.