Germany upholds airstrike
It counters flak over Afghan hit
Posted: September 8, 2009 at 5:04 a.m.
Afghan school girls chat as they pass by a house which was hit by a rocket last night, killing three family members while sleeping in their house in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday.
Germany on Monday defended the decision to call in a deadly airstrike in northern Afghanistan last week, deflecting international criticism of the attack that came just weeks after NATO ordered a clampdown on the use of air power.
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