EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS SOME GRAPHIC IMAGES<br/> <br />NATO-led forces in Afghanistan said that eight young Afghans were killed last week in an airstrike.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) NATO COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR GENERAL LEWIS BOONE, SAYING:<br/> <br />"I would like to first express our most sincere condolences to the families and loved ones of the eight victims of this small community."<br/> <br />Afghan President Hamid Karzai had ordered an investigation.<br/> <br />NATO admitted the deaths were the result of an airstrike.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) NATO COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR GENERAL LEWIS BOONE, SAYING:<br/> <br />"In which eight young Afghans lost their lives as the result of an airstrike by coalition forces."<br/> <br />Afghan officials said the boys were bombed twice while herding sheep in heavy snow and lighting a fire to keep warm.<br/> <br />The U.N. said the number of civilians killed and wounded in the Afghan war has risen for the fifth year in a row.<br/> <br />Sophia Soo, Reuters.
