KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, July 1, SPA -- An investigation into U.S.-led airstrikes that slammed into Afghan homes where Taliban fighters sought shelter found that 62 insurgents and 45 civilians were killed, two Afghan officials said Sunday. An investigating team was sent to Helmand province'sGereshk district, where fighting took place betweeninsurgents and Western forces late Friday, said Dur AliShah, the mayor of Gereshk, and Mohammad Hussein Andewal, the provincial police chief. NATO's International Security Assistance Force hasacknowledged some civilians were killed in the southernbattle but has said the death toll was nowhere near as high as Afghan officials have claimed, the Associated Press reported.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/463790