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A NATO airstrike in northern Afghanistan has killed or wounded at least 90 people, most of them believed to be Taliban fighters. NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson has more from Kabul. NATO says its aircraft targeted two fuel tankers that Taliban fighters

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