Six people, including a mother and her newborn baby, have been injured in two incidents in eastern Afghanistan, reportedly by American forces. . . . Both the incidents took place in Khost province. A six-year-old boy was also injured in one of the incidents. . . . The reports come as President Hamid Karzai has ordered a probe into the killing of seven civilians by coalition forces over the weekend. . . . The mother was travelling home from a clinic with her newborn baby after midnight in the Yaqubi district of Khost in the east of Afghanistan when they were fired upon by US forces. . . . The mother, the baby and two other women in the car were injured. One of had gunshot wounds in her mouth, doctors said. . . . Wakil Ahmed, a family member, told "We were on our way back home from the clinic. The American patrol was driving and as they stopped, we stopped. They started driving, we did the same. . . . "As we got close to our house they stopped, and we started driving towards our house. They opened fire on us. Minutes later a translator came to us and asked who we were." . . . Then in Khost city a few hours later, another car was shot at by a US patrol - a young man and a six-year-old boy were wounded. . . . The civilians were reportedly killed in "friendly fire" incidents during fighting against militants.
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