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Mon 11 Nov 2009Nato blamed for air strike that killed seven Afghan security personnel
THE US military is investigating reports that seven members of Afghanistan’s security forces were killed in an air strike launched during an operation to search for two missing American soldiers.
The incident threatened to aggravate tensions between Hamid Karzai, the newly re-elected president, and western allies, who have issued strident warnings in the past week for him to crack down on corruption or risk losing their support.
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