The Governor of Nangarhar province, Gul Agha Sherzai, said troops from a US-led force killed the pair in a pre-dawn raid. Three people had been detained, he said.
"The raid took place without consultation with us," Mr Sherzai said.
A spokesman for the US military said he was not aware of any such incident.
Civilian deaths are a sensitive matter for the Western-backed government and the foreign troops supporting it.
President Hamid Karzai has repeatedly urged foreign troops to do all they can to avoid civilian casualties while battling and hunting for militants.
The protesters took to the streets of the provincial capital, Jalalabad, calling on the Government stop foreign troops carrying out operations without the consent of Afghan authorities and village elders.
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