The newsmagazine Der Spiegel said in an early release of its edition to be published on Monday that a NATO investigation into the September airstrike that killed dozens of Afghan civilians showed the German commander who ordered it broke military procedure.

The September 4 strike on two fuel trucks in the northeastern Kunduz province was the most deadly operation involving German troops since World War Two. The Afghan government said the airstrike killed 69 Taliban fighters and 30 civilians.

...The report said that German authorities have put pressure on NATO not to issue an outright condemnation of Colonel Georg Klein because it could lead to legal problems. This message was given to the NATO commander in Europe, Admiral James Stavridis, during a visit to Berlin on October 15.

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One whose delusions are out of fashion.}