[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.
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