It is now formally confirmed that approximately 90 people lost their lives during the airtrike NATO launched against the Taliban fighters;who had hijacked fuel trucks and according to civlians eye witnesses they were distributing the fuel to the people there.The Kunduz area,where the incident took place earlier in the morning,is mainly patrolled by the German contingent of NATO.Germany confirmed that its commander in the area gave approval for the aircraft to open fire.NATO states that victims of this raid were only Taliban fighters.Civilians of Kunduz say that 40 innocent people lost their lives confirming the Germans' info clarifying 50 Talibans were killed."No civilians must be harmed during military operations," President Karzai said in a statement. "Targeting civilians under no circumstances is acceptable."
However; it's not the first time there are accusations of accidentally killing innocent people against the NATO force.At the same time,countries members of NATO which were constantly urged to send more troops to Afganistan are about to reconsider their middle-east policy.Noone back home is affiliated with the idea of making Afganistan a vast multicultural graveyard.
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