A NATO airstrike killed at least 27 civilians in southern Afghanistan, hundreds of miles away from the town of Marjah, where a large-scale offensive against Taliban militants is underway, the Wall Street Journal said on its website on Monday, quoting Afghan officials.
Kurmanbek Bakiyev"s claims he is still the president of Kyrgyzstan do nothing but harm to the process of political stabilization in the country, a former Kyrgyz prime minister said on Friday.