India left meets over ending government support

JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Nov 28 (Reuters) - U.S. air-strikes killed 12 civilian road workers in eastern Afghanistan, a provincial governor said on Wednesday, an incident bound to fuel Afghan resentment against the presence of international forces. NATO has tightened procedures for launching air-strikes after Afghan President Hamid Karzai warned of rising anger over mounting civilian casualties, but military commanders say some civilian deaths are almost inevitable in any conflict. Foreign forces have a limited time to weaken Taliban rebels and allow development to undercut the insurgency before Afghan resentment turns against them and Western public opinion demands troops be brought home, security analysts say. "So far we know that 12 people have been killed by U.S. bombardment," Tameem Nooristani, governor of the eastern... [read full story]