Sixteen Afghan civilians were killed and 25 others wounded in the aftermath of a suicide attack and ambush on a coalition military convoy in eastern Afghanistan on March 4, a joint forces military statement said.
According to the coalition, the attack was a "complex ambush" with the convoy coming under small-arms fire from several directions after the initial bombing in Nangarhar province, near Jalalabad.
Maj. William Mitchell, a US military spokesman, told AP that militants fired guns at the soldiers from three different points, meaning Afghan civilians could have been killed or wounded by militants.
In the Afghan government's account of the incident, Interior Ministry spokesman Zmarai Bashiri said the attack was staged on an American convoy at 8:45 a.m.
Hundreds of Afghans gathered to protest the violence, blocking the road and throwing rocks at police.
The incident is under investigation by Afghan and coalition forces.
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