Allied commander apologises for deadly airstrike

The commander of US and Nato forces in Afghanistan took his apology for an airstrike that killed civilians directly to the Afghan people, with a video in which he pledged to work to regain their trust.

Allied commander apologises for deadly airstrike

The commander of US and Nato forces in Afghanistan took his apology for an airstrike that killed civilians directly to the Afghan people, with a video in which he pledged to work to regain their trust.

In the video, translated into the Afghan languages of Dari and Pashto on a Nato website, a stern General Stanley McChrystal apologised for the strike in central Uruzgan province that Afghan officials said killed at least 21 people.

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