9 Afghans killed by mistake in raid

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan forces mistakenly killed nine people, most of them civilians, during a raid on a house in eastern Nangarhar province that has been a base for the Islamic State militant group and other militants, officials said Tuesday.

The raid, which took place late Monday in Chaparhar district, wounded eight other civilians, said provincial Gov. Hayatullah Hayat. A local police commander was among the dead, he added.

According to the governor, gunfire had been coming from the house that was raided, but the casualties were identified as mostly civilians. An investigation was underway to determine how the operation resulted in civilian casualties.

Inamullah Miakhail, a spokesman for the hospital in Nangarhar, confirmed nine bodies from the raid.

Both the Taliban and the Islamic State are active in eastern Afghanistan.

Meanwhile, in the central province of Kabul, two people — a policeman and a civilian — were killed after a bomb attached to a bicycle detonated Monday in the Qarabagh district, said Mohammad Azem, the district governor.

And in northern Samangan province, a provincial hospital director was killed when a sticky bomb attached to his car detonated Tuesday in the provincial capital, Aybak, according to Sediq Azizi, the provincial spokesman.