About 90 Killed As NATO Hits Afghan Fuel Trucks -- Yahoo News/AFP
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan (AFP) – A NATO air strike on Friday destroyed two fuel tankers hijacked by the Taliban in Afghanistan, igniting a fireball that an Afghan official said killed about 90 people -- mostly insurgents.
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