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Strike killed 37 civilians

A joint Afghan and US military investigation has concluded an air strike last week killed 37 civilians and wounded 35 more after Taliban militants launched an ambush from the cover of a village, the US military said.

Villagers told investigators a large number of insurgents arrived at the village of Wech Baghtu, in southern Afghanistan, and used homes to fire on a joint patrol of US-coalition and Afghan forces, the US military said in a statement.