The US military says it has new information about an American attack that Afghanistan says killed 90 civilians and is sending a senior military officer to the country to review its initial conclusion that no more than seven people died.

An Afghan human rights group said today that at least 88 people, including 20 women, were killed in a joint Afghan-US coalition military operation in western Afghanistan.

After 25 years of fighting that left more than a million dead, Afghanistan’s government is considering setting up a special war crimes court and a truth-seeking commission to document atrocities, an official said.