Seven civilians were killed on Sunday in Afghanistan after NATO operations against rebels in Central Province, bursts of activity by the Taliban, officials said.NATO forces said they were investigating reports of civilian casualties after a military operation in which four militants were killed in Wardak province.
Leaders of the Taliban ambushed a group of Afghan soldiers and coalition forces inside the mosque before dawn they returned from operation to stop the rebel commander.
The soldiers returned fire and killed four rebels, some wearing suicide vests, the office of the governor of the province said in a statement.
After falling coalition forces, people went to the mosque to retrieve the body and "at that time there was an explosion in a mosque and seven civilians were killed.
Shahidullah Shahid, a spokesman for the regional government, suggested that the explosion "may be one or suicide vests (bombs) FDI in the mosque."
Shahid did not elaborate and said a delegation to investigate the incident.
The Security Assistance ISAF and NATO said that Afghan troops killed four insurgents after being under fire, and also discovered and destroyed several tanks, weapons and explosives in the region.
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