Coalition forces 'killed Afghan cricketer'
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International soldiers based in Afghanistan are being blamed for the death of a former member of the country's national cricket team.
Afghanistan's cricket captain, Nawrooz Khan Mangal, says 32-year-old Rahmat Wali was found dead in the eastern province of Khost on Wednesday (local time).
Mr Mangal says international troops raided Mr Wali's home, locked him in a room, and used poison gas and a hand grenade to kill him.
Mr Wali played for the national team between 2001 and 2006, and Mr Mangal says he had no connections to insurgents.
US military and NATO representatives could not confirm their involvement in the raid.
The allegation comes less than a week after 90 civilians were killed in a US air strike in Herat.
