NATO Air Strike On Hijacked Tanker In Afghanistan - ISAF
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan (AFP)--An air strike carried out by the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization force in Afghanistan targeted a fuel tanker hijacked by
Taliban insurgents causing dozens of casualties Friday, officials and witnesses
said.
"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, or ISAF, under
NATO said: "It was an ISAF air strike."
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