Officials in northern Afghanistan say NATO airstrike on hijacked fuel tankers has killed at least 40 people.
Chief of Police Gulam Mohyuddin says the airstrike hit two tankers in Kunduz Province near the Tajikistan border.
He said the incident occurred around Thursday midnight after the Taliban hijacked two trucks delivering fuel to NATO forces. He said the trucks were hit by a NATO airstrike.
ISAF confirmed that there was an airstrike in Kunduz Province overnight but gave no details.
The police chief says 40 people were killed.
However, Governor Mohammad Omar of Kunduz province says at least 45 were killed in the strike. He says the dead included the senior Taliban commander for the district and four Chechen fighters.
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