Nato probes airstrike on tankers

Nato was investigating today whether villagers siphoning fuel were among scores killed in a US airstrike on two tanker trucks hijacked by the Taliban.

A 10-member investigative team flew over the site on the Kunduz river where a US jet called in by the German military hit the tankers with two 500lbs bombs, triggering a fireball that killed up to 70 people early yesterday. German officials have said the Taliban may have been planning a suicide attack using the hijacked tankers.