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KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S. military said airstrikes by its attack helicopters hit two vehicles carrying insurgents in eastern Afghanistan. The province's governor said 22 civilians, including a woman and a child, were killed.

A spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition said Friday that the airstrikes in Nuristan province hit militants who earlier attacked a U.S. military base with mortars.

The helicopters identified the militants' firing positions, tracked them down and destroyed the vehicles they were traveling in, said 1st Lt. Nathan Perry.

"These were combatants. These were people who were firing on us," Perry said. "We have no reports of non- combatant injuries."

He gave no account of casualties in the vehicles.

Nuristan's governor, Tamim Nuristani, said, however, that 22 civilians were killed in the Waygal district. "This afternoon (Friday), two civilian vehicles were hit by airstrikes," Nuristani said.

It was impossible to independently verify any of the claims because of the remoteness of the area.