The US defence secretary has said that Nato forces are doing their best to avoid civilian casualties in Afghanistan, after an air strike killed 27 people, including women and a child. Pledging a thorough investigation into Sunday’s air strike, Robert Gates said he was “not defending” the incident in which Nato aircraft fired on three vehicles thought to be full of fighters, but which were instead carrying civilians. “I’m not defending it at all. I’m just saying that these kinds of things, in many respects, are inherent in a war. It’s what makes war so ugly,” Gates said at a press conference in Washington on Monday. Gates said he had confidence in General Stanley McChrystal, saying the…
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