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'Scores die' in Afghan explosion 'Scores die' in Afghan explosion
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At least 90 people have been killed after a Nato air strike blew up a fuel tanker hijacked by the Taliban in northern Afghanistan, officials say. At least 90 people have been killed after Nato air strike blew up a fuel tanker hijacked by the Taliban in northern Afghanistan, officials say.
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 airstrike happened in Kunduz province on the main road to Baghlan.
The governor of Kunduz said the tanker was carrying jet fuel. The governor of Kunduz told the BBC at least two tanker which were full of jet fuel had been hijacked.
District police chief Basharyar Parwani told AFP news agency that Taliban insurgents tried to drive away the tanker that they hijacked on a highway. He said senior Taliban commanders were killed. Witnesses said villagers scavenging for fuel also died.
District police chief Basharyar Parwani told AFP news agency that Taliban insurgents tried to drive away a 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," Mr Parwani said."The fuel tanker got stuck in the river. There were local civilians with them as well. The Taliban were bombed," Mr Parwani said.
One of the drivers of the tankers told the BBC that two of his colleagues had been beheaded when the Taliban carried out the hijacking.
Kunduz province Governor Mohammad Omar said most of the dead were Taliban fighters, although other sources says many villagers had been killed while collecting fuel from the tankers.
Seriously burned people are crowding a hospital in Kunduz, AFP reported.Seriously burned people are crowding a hospital in Kunduz, AFP reported.
Rush for fuel
Witness Mohammad Daud, 32, told AFP that the militants had been trying to transport the tankers across a river to villages in Angorbagh.
"They managed to take one of the tankers over the river. The second got stuck so they told villagers to come and take the diesel," he said.
"Villagers rushed to the fuel tanker with any available container that they had, including water buckets and pots for cooking oil.
"There were 10 to 15 Taliban on top of the tanker. This was when they were bombed. Everyone around the fuel tanker died."


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