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May 23rd, 2015 
David Schulberg
According to Press TV, local Afghan security officials said that the attack took place in Kunar Province on Friday evening.
There were no details about the identity of those killed in the drone strike.
Provincial officials say the victims were Taliban militants, including one of their commanders. However, local residents say the attack claimed civilian lives.
The US has recently stepped up its drone attacks in Afghanistan. On Saturday, at least 45 people were killed in three separate airstrikes in the eastern Nangahar province.
The US regularly uses drones for airstrikes and spying missions in Afghanistan as well as Pakistan’s northwestern tribal belt near the Afghan border, among other places.
Washington claims that the targets of the drone attacks are militants, but local officials and witnesses maintain that civilians have been the main victims of the attacks over the past few years.
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Source Article from http://english.irib.ir/news/world/asia/item/209973-new-us-drone-strike-kills-five-in-northeast-afghanistan
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