Zardari calls for probe in Afghan civilian deaths

Zardari calls for probe in Afghan civilian deaths Updated at: 0123 PST, Thursday, September 10, 2009 ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has told a foreign television channel there must be an international investigation into last week's NATO airstrikes on two hijacked oil tankers in Afghanistan's Kunduz province, which resulted in brutal deaths of civilians. Zardari was speaking here in Islamabad to mark his first year in office as civilian president of Pakistan.President urged upon UN’s agencies and other international human rights agencies t .... Full Story

German had no right to call in Afghan strike-paper: NATO
Updated at: 0821 PST, Thursday, September 10, 2009

BERLIN: The German officer who called in an air strike in Afghanistan that authorities say killed dozens of people did not have the right to give the order, according to preliminary NATO findings, a newspaper said on Wednesday.German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung said a report from the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) had found that Colonel Georg Klein had overstepped his command in ordering the attack in Kunduz last week.The .... Full Story