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The incident involving the 2nd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment happened on Saturday in the Sangin district of Helmand province.
An International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) spokesman said the patrol launched the rockets in self defence.
The Ministry of Defence said: "A full investigation will be carried out."
'On target'
An MoD spokesman said: "Our sympathies are with the families of the killed and injured civilians at this time."
The incident happened on Saturday morning when a patrol picked up a radio message calling for insurgents to converge on the area to attack the patrol, an Isaf spokesman said.
He said the patrol identified insurgents with weapons on the roof of a compound preparing to attack.
In order to protect themselves the patrol launched three rockets, all of which hit the target, he added.
The spokesman said they later discovered civilians were inside the compound at the time.
(BBC)
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