Afghanistan's President wants deaths investigated
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered an investigation into the alleged killing of 16 civilians in an air raid by US led forces battling insurgents in north east Afghanistan.
Mr Karzai says he is deeply saddened by Friday's incident and has told the defence and interior ministries and local authorities to investigate.
The provincial governor says the civilians were killed as they were travelling out of the area after being warned by security forces to leave ahead of an operation against Islamic insurgents.
But the US led coalition has insisted the dead were all militants who had been targeted after they had attacked a base of the NATO led military force.
