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BBC News of Michael Poles. |
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The head of the US Central Military Command General David Petraeus |
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says he's appointed a brigadier general to conduct an investigation into the American use of air strikes in Afghanistan. |
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He said US forces had to be very sensitive |
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and ensure that their tactical action would not, as reported, undermining their strategic objectives. |
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General Petraeus was responding to a call from the Afghan President Hamid Karzai for the halt to the strike. Petraeus |
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Sarah Moritz’s report. |
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After a week in which many civilians were killed during American air strike in west Afghanistan, |
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President Karzai said that Afghan people were part of the struggle against terrorism and that they should be safe. |
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Hundreds of students have been protesting in the Afghan capital Kabul against last week’s air strike. |
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Local residents say nearly 150 were killed in the attack. |
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General Petraeus said that the US was aware of the danger of losing support among civilians, Petraeus |
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and he is naming a senior military figure to study the use of such tactics. |
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