At least 90 people have been killed after a Nato air strike blew up a fuel tanker hijacked by the Taliban in northern Afghanistan, officials say. Nato confirmed to the BBC that the explosion happened in Kunduz province on the main road to Baghlan. The governor of Kunduz said the tanker was carrying jet fuel.
District police chief Basharyar Parwani told AFP news agency that Taliban insurgents tried to drive away the tanker that they hijacked on a highway. "The fuel tanker got stuck in the river. There were local civilians with them as well. The Taliban were bombed," Mr Parwani said. Seriously burned people are crowding a hospital in Kunduz, AFP reported.
BBC Radio reports the Governor as stating that the majority of the victims were Taliban, including a number of ;senior commanders'. |