Kunduz raid 'killed 30 civilians'

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Thirty Afghan civilians were among nearly 100 people killed after Nato aircraft destroyed two stolen oil tankers in the north of the country earlier this month, an Afghan government investigation has concluded.

About 69 other people who died in the bombardment in Kunduz province on September 4 were Taliban fighters, an investigator told the AFP news agency on Sunday.

"Thirty civilians were martyred and nine were wounded," said Mohamadullah Bataj, one of four investigators on the team appointed by Hamid Karzai, the president.

"Sixty-nine of the Taliban were killed, armed and unarmed."

Witnesses said shortly after the attack a US aircraft had bombed the oil tankers as local villagers were trying to collect free fuel on the invitation of the Taliban fighters.
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