A visit to Afghanistan by U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has been overshadowed by a NATO air strike in northern Afghanistan.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai says the strike killed 10 election campaign workers.
Speaking alongside Karzai at a Kabul press conference, Gates said the strike was aimed at insurgents from the Al-Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
The September 2 attack happened in the Rostaq district of Takhar, a province in the north near Tajikistan that has been relatively peaceful, unlike Taliban strongholds in the south and east.
Reuters
Afghan President Hamid Karzai says the strike killed 10 election campaign workers.
Speaking alongside Karzai at a Kabul press conference, Gates said the strike was aimed at insurgents from the Al-Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
The September 2 attack happened in the Rostaq district of Takhar, a province in the north near Tajikistan that has been relatively peaceful, unlike Taliban strongholds in the south and east.
Reuters
