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Afghan Mayhem
Published: 10 September, 2009, 08:58
Afghanistan, Kunduz : Members of the security forces walk at the site of a NATO airstrike which destroyed two fuel tankers (AFP Photo / STR)
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The deadly blunder that killed 70 civilians in an air strike - ordered by a German commander and carried out by the US Air Force - shows an urgent need for unity of command.
Meanwhile a British journalist who was abducted by militants in Afghanistan has been freed by British troops.
His Afghan translator and three others were killed during the rescue mission.
Stephen Farrell, a reporter for the New York Times, was kidnapped on Saturday while he was covering the aftermath of the air strike on two NATO fuel tankers hijacked by the Taliban.
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