US defence chief sorry over Afghan child deaths
March 8th, 2011 | 
Author: KABUL – US DEFENSE Secretary Robert Gates offered a personal apology to President Hamid Karzai on Monday for the deaths of nine Afghan children in a Nato air strike which drew fury in Kabul. ‘This breaks our heart,’ Mr Gates told a news conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, as Mr Karzai looked on. ‘Not only is their loss a tragedy for their families, it is a setback for our …
Published Mar 7, 2011.
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