A Nato air strike has killed eight members of a family in the eastern Afghan province of Paktia, local officials say.
A provincial spokesman said a couple and their six children died in an air strike on Saturday in the village of Suri Khail, Gurda Saria district.
Nato says it is investigating the reports.
Earlier, the alliance said four of its soldiers had died in separate bomb attacks in Afghanistan on Saturday.
Paktia provincial spokesman Rohullah Samoon told AFP news agency: "It was an air strike conducted by Nato.
"This man [the father] had no connection to the Taliban or any other terrorist group."
Nato did not give details of the deaths of its four service members on Saturday, nor reveal the nationalities of the victims.
It is not clear if the four include a British soldier whose death was confirmed by the the UK military on Saturday.
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