A NATO airstrike has killed 12 civilians in eastern Afghanistan.<br /><br />11 of the victims were children.<br /><br />The attack happened overnight in Kunar province, near the Pakistan border after US and Afghan forces launched an operation targeting a senior Taliban leader.<br /><br />A government official said seven Taliban suspects were also killed.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Imtiaz Tyab reports from Kabul.
