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NATO airstrike kills 90 in Afghanistan; US general ponders troop surge

Recovered from FSRN’s earlier site via the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. The audio here is FSRN’s own production recording. Originally published September 4, 2009.

A military surge in Afghanistan could be on its way, just as a NATO airstrike killed up to 90 people in northern Afghanistan. The Obama Administration is evaluating General Stanley McChrystal’s assessment of the situation there.  The US commander hasn´t asked for more troops yet, but his report is pointing in that direction. Tanya Snyder reports.