U.s.-german Rift Emerges Over Afghan Deaths Case (ap)

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German colonel Georg Klein is pictured at the German base in Kunduz, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009. An airstrike ordered by a German commander Klein and carried out by U.S. fighter jets that appears to have killed Afghan civilians could turn into a major dispute between the two NATO allies, as tensions began rising Sunday over Germany's role in the attack. Afghan officials say up to 70 people were killed in the early morning airstrike Friday in the northern province of Kunduz after Taliban militants stole two tanker trucks of fuel and villagers gathered to siphon off gas. Afghan and NATO investigations are just beginning, but officials already appeared to be trying to deflect blame. (AP Photo / Anja Niedringhaus)AP – An airstrike by U.S. fighter jets that appears to have killed Afghan civilians could turn into a major dispute for NATO allies Germany and the United States, as tensions began rising between them Sunday over Germany’s role in ordering the attack.

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