A NATO aircraft has attacked two fuel tankers hijacked by the Taliban in northern Afghanistan. The local governor said at least ninety people were killed, most of them Taliban militants, but other local officials and eyewitnesses say many of the dead were civilians. The attack comes at a sensitive time for the U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan, as discussion turns to how deeply international forces should commit themselves and what their priorities should be in-country.

Chris Morris, correspondent for the BBC, is watching the fallout from this airstrike very closely from Kabul, and joins us from there.