Relatives of the wounded Afghan look after him at a hospital in Herat Province, Afghanistan, Dec. 22, 2009. NATO troops shot two Afghan people riding a motorbike in Herat on Tuesday.(Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    KABUL, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- Troops with NATO-led International Security Assistance force (ISAF) shot and injured two civilians in Afghanistan's western Herat province on Tuesday.

    Both victims were taken to the Herat hospital for treatment, with one of them receiving five bullets while the other two, said surgeon Barakatullah Mohammadi.

    Maryam, mother of the brothers, blamed the international troops for the atrocity. " Foreign soldiers shot and wounded my sons," she told Xinhua by telephone.

    Locals, however, said that the troops signaled them to keep clear but the two brothers ignored and continued driving on motorbike prompting the troops to open fire.

One of the wounded Afghan people lies on a hospital bed, in Herat Province, Afghanistan, Dec. 22, 2009. NATO troops shot two Afghan people riding a motorbike in Herat on Tuesday.(Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    The ISAF media officers were not available for comment.

    The NATO-led force have asked passersby in the war-torn Afghanistan to take distance from military vehicles, otherwise the troops would fire. Ignoring the warning has claimed the lives of scores of civilians over the past couple of years in Afghanistan.