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  • NATO airstrike kills 27 civilians

    NOOR KHAN RAHIM FAIEZ The Associated Press KABUL

    A NATO airstrike killed at least 27 Afghan civilians, officials said today, in the third coalition strike this month to kill noncombatants and draw a s h a r p r e b u k e f r o m Afghanistan's government about endangering civilians. In eastern Afghanistan, a suicide bomber killed 15 people today, including a tribal leader who played a key role in a failed attempt to capture al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden at Tora Bora in 2001, police said. The top NATO commander, U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, apologized to President Hamid...