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NATO airstrike hits Afghan fuel truck: officials

Other News Materials 4 September 2009 10:22 (UTC +04:00)
An airstrike carried out by the NATO force in Afghanistan targeted a fuel tanker hijacked by Taliban insurgents causing dozens of casualties on Friday, officials and witnesses said.
NATO airstrike hits Afghan fuel truck: officials

An airstrike carried out by the NATO force in Afghanistan targeted a fuel tanker hijacked by Taliban insurgents causing dozens of casualties on Friday, officials and witnesses said, AFP reported.

"Last night, the Taliban tried to take a fuel tanker that they hijacked on the highway to Angorbagh village," said Baryalai Basharyar Parwani, police chief of the Ali Abad district in northern Kunduz province.

"The fuel tanker got stuck in the river. There were local civilians with them as well. The Taliban were bombed. More than 60 people have been killed and injured," he said.

A spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) under NATO told AFP: "It was an ISAF airstrike."

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