KABUL: Nato chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen yesterday pledged to conduct a thorough investigation into an air strike that killed 90 people in Afghanistan. The strike blew up two fuel tankers hijacked by the Taliban in northern Kunduz province and victims included insurgents and dozens of civilians who had rushed to the scene to collect fuel.
Nato officials initially insisted that there were no civilians in the area when the attack occurred, but Rasmussen acknowledged some civilians may have died.
Villagers said their relatives were siphoning fuel from the trucks and were burned alive in a giant fireball.
A senior police officer said the dead included 40 civilians, including a child.
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