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| The Red Cross says air strikes by the US forces in Afghanistan on Tuesday are now thought to have killed dozens of civilians including women and children. | The Red Cross says air strikes by the US forces in Afghanistan on Tuesday are now thought to have killed dozens of civilians including women and children. |
| The organisation says the civilians were sheltering from fighting in the province of Farah when their houses were struck. | The organisation says the civilians were sheltering from fighting in the province of Farah when their houses were struck. |
| President Hamid Karzai says he has ordered an investigation. | President Hamid Karzai says he has ordered an investigation. |
| Civilian casualties are sure to be high on Mr Karzai's agenda in talks with US President Barack Obama in Washington. | |
| The Afghan president has repeatedly urged Western forces in Afghanistan to reduce the numbers of civilian casualties. | |
| But the BBC's Martin Patience, in Kabul, says the talks could be overshadowed if the Red Cross report of dozens of civilian deaths is confirmed. | |
| He said local officials had told him they saw the bodies of about 20 women and children in two trucks. |