Karzai rejects air strike apology

Afghanistan’s president has rejected a US apology for the mistaken killing of nine Afghan boys in a Nato air attack, saying civilian casualties were no longer acceptable.

According to a statement from his office, Hamid Karzai told General David Petraeus, the top commander of coalition forces in Afghanistan, that expressing regret was not sufficient over last week’s killing of the boys aged 12 and under, by coalition helicopters.