Civilians wounded at bomb site, US general admits

The top US commander in Afghanistan has confirmed villagers were wounded at the site of a Nato airstrike on hijacked fuel tankers that killed up to 70 people.

The top US commander in Afghanistan has confirmed villagers were wounded at the site of a Nato airstrike on hijacked fuel tankers that killed up to 70 people.

General Stanley McChrystal inspected the site where a fighter jet blasted the tankers seized by the Taliban in northern Kunduz province.

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