NATO commander takes apology direct to Afghans (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Tue, 02/23/2010 - 2:31am

In this photo taken on January 20, an Australian soldier practises firing during at a forward operating base (FOB) in Mirwais in southern province of Uruzgan.<br /><br />A NATO air strike killed at least 21 civilians in the third mistaken foreign bombing raid reported in Afghanistan in a week, forcing yet another apology Monday from the top US commander on the ground.(AFP/File/Deshakalyan Chowdhury)AP - The commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan took his apology for a weekend airstrike that killed civilians directly to the Afghan people Tuesday, with a video in which he pledged to work to regain their trust as NATO continues a mass offensive against the Taliban in the south.



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