US STRIKES ‘VERY LIKELY’ CAUSED AFGHAN DEATHS

KABUL: US forces conceded yesterday that its air strikes “very likely” resulted in civilian casualties in Kunduz province, Afghanistan pledging a probe into the incident which triggered protests. The strikes Thursday killed at least 30, many of them children, after a Taliban assault left two US soldiers and three Afghan special forces soldiers dead. An Afghan presidential spokesman said a special delegation has been sent to Kunduz to investigate the incident. – AFP