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| 'Scores die' in Afghan explosion | |
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| A large explosion has rocked an area of northern Afghanistan following a Nato airstrike on a stolen fuel tanker. | A large explosion has rocked an area of northern Afghanistan following a Nato airstrike on a stolen fuel tanker. |
| Afghan officials in the local area said some 90 people had been killed, but the numbers are not yet confirmed. | |
| Nato confirmed to the BBC that the explosion happened in Kunduz province on the main road to Baghlan. | Nato confirmed to the BBC that the explosion happened in Kunduz province on the main road to Baghlan. |
| District police chief Basharyar Parwani told AFP news agency that Taliban insurgents tried to drive away a fuel tanker that they hijacked on a highway. | District police chief Basharyar Parwani told AFP news agency that Taliban insurgents tried to drive away a fuel tanker that they hijacked on a highway. |
| "The fuel tanker got stuck in the river. There were local civilians with them as well. The Taliban were bombed," he said. | |
| Seriously burned people are crowding a hospital in Kunduz, AFP reported. |