[00:00.400] | BBC News of Michael Poles. |
[00:03.060] | The head of the US Central Military Command General David Petraeus |
[00:06.770] | says he's appointed a brigadier general to conduct an investigation into the American use of air strikes in Afghanistan. |
[00:13.530] | He said US forces had to be very sensitive |
[00:16.290] | and ensure that their tactical action would not, as reported, undermining their strategic objectives. |
[00:21.860] | General Petraeus was responding to a call from the Afghan President Hamid Karzai for the halt to the strike. Petraeus |
[00:28.130] | Sarah Moritz’s report. |
[00:29.430] | After a week in which many civilians were killed during American air strike in west Afghanistan, |
[00:35.460] | President Karzai said that Afghan people were part of the struggle against terrorism and that they should be safe. |
[00:42.140] | Hundreds of students have been protesting in the Afghan capital Kabul against last week’s air strike. |
[00:48.100] | Local residents say nearly 150 were killed in the attack. |
[00:52.550] | General Petraeus said that the US was aware of the danger of losing support among civilians, Petraeus |
[00:58.260] | and he is naming a senior military figure to study the use of such tactics. |
[01:02.920] |
[00:00.400] | BBC News of Michael Poles. |
[00:03.060] | The head of the US Central Military Command General David Petraeus |
[00:06.770] | says he' s appointed a brigadier general to conduct an investigation into the American use of air strikes in Afghanistan. |
[00:13.530] | He said US forces had to be very sensitive |
[00:16.290] | and ensure that their tactical action would not, as reported, undermining their strategic objectives. |
[00:21.860] | General Petraeus was responding to a call from the Afghan President Hamid Karzai for the halt to the strike. Petraeus |
[00:28.130] | Sarah Moritz' s report. |
[00:29.430] | After a week in which many civilians were killed during American air strike in west Afghanistan, |
[00:35.460] | President Karzai said that Afghan people were part of the struggle against terrorism and that they should be safe. |
[00:42.140] | Hundreds of students have been protesting in the Afghan capital Kabul against last week' s air strike. |
[00:48.100] | Local residents say nearly 150 were killed in the attack. |
[00:52.550] | General Petraeus said that the US was aware of the danger of losing support among civilians, Petraeus |
[00:58.260] | and he is naming a senior military figure to study the use of such tactics. |
[01:02.920] |
[00:00.400] | BBC News of Michael Poles. |
[00:03.060] | The head of the US Central Military Command General David Petraeus |
[00:06.770] | says he' s appointed a brigadier general to conduct an investigation into the American use of air strikes in Afghanistan. |
[00:13.530] | He said US forces had to be very sensitive |
[00:16.290] | and ensure that their tactical action would not, as reported, undermining their strategic objectives. |
[00:21.860] | General Petraeus was responding to a call from the Afghan President Hamid Karzai for the halt to the strike. Petraeus |
[00:28.130] | Sarah Moritz' s report. |
[00:29.430] | After a week in which many civilians were killed during American air strike in west Afghanistan, |
[00:35.460] | President Karzai said that Afghan people were part of the struggle against terrorism and that they should be safe. |
[00:42.140] | Hundreds of students have been protesting in the Afghan capital Kabul against last week' s air strike. |
[00:48.100] | Local residents say nearly 150 were killed in the attack. |
[00:52.550] | General Petraeus said that the US was aware of the danger of losing support among civilians, Petraeus |
[00:58.260] | and he is naming a senior military figure to study the use of such tactics. |
[01:02.920] |