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NASDAQ delayed by at least 15 minutes. For a complete list of exchanges and delays, please click here. Civilian casualties possible in Afghan strike: NATO Tweet This Share on LinkedIn Share on Facebook Factbox Factbox: Security developments in Afghanistan, Sept 4 Sat, Sep 4 2010 Related News Afghan foreign troops death toll hits 500 for 2010 Mon, Sep 6 2010 Taliban vow to disrupt Afghanistan election Sun, Sep 5 2010 Taliban vow to disrupt Afghan parliamentary poll Sun, Sep 5 2010 Gates says Pakistan havens still threaten Afghanistan Fri, Sep 3 2010 Analysis & Opinion Ahmad Shah Masood’s brother wants probe into “Lion” killing The contours of an Afghan settlement Related Topics World » Afghanistan » KABUL | Sun Sep 12, 2010 11:12am EDT KABUL (Reuters) - NATO-led forces acknowledged on Sunday there could have been civilian casualties in an air strike this month that wounded an Afghan election candidate and was strongly condemned by Afghanistan's president. Civilian casualties caused by foreign forces hunting militants have long been a major cause of tension between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his Western allies. On September 2, Karzai condemned an air strike in northern Takhar province which he said killed 10 campaign workers for a candidate in Afghanistan's September 18 parliamentary election. He said the election candidate was also wounded in the strike, which happened the same day U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates landed in Kabul for unannounced talks. The pair appeared to disagree over the incident at a news conference. At the time, Gates and the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said the target had been a senior member of the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU). On Sunday, ISAF said that an assessment team of officials from ISAF and Afghanistan's interior and defense ministries had concluded the IMU leader was in the vehicle hit in the strike "but could not rule out the possibility of civilian casualties". "We are very confident that the targeted individual was in the vehicle struck by the air weapons team and was killed," Italian Army Brigadier General Luigi Scollo said in a statement released by ISAF. "The question remains why an election official or candidate was traveling with a known terrorist," he said. ISAF said the air strike had hit one vehicle traveling in a six car convoy and that an IMU senior member it identified as Muhammad Amin had been killed. A Taliban commander and other armed passengers had been in the vehicle, it said. "Initial media reports indicated the vehicle struck was part of an election party," the ISAF statement said. "However, after reviewing the air weapons system video, the team saw no evidence of political campaign material on the outside of the vehicle." It described the air strike as "selective, surgical and legitimate". The IMU have been responsible for attacks across Afghanistan, including in Kabul and ISAF said it had been tracking Amin for some time. Increased violence and fears of corruption are threatening the parliamentary poll, with four candidates and at least 15 campaign workers and supporters killed in recent weeks. The Taliban have vowed to disrupt the poll, first by hitting foreign forces and then Afghan targets. Violence is at its worst across Afghanistan since the Taliban were ousted by U.S.-backed Afghan forces in late 2001, with military and civilian casualties at record levels. Last month, a U.N. report said civilian casualties had risen by 31 percent in the first six months of 2010, more than three-quarters of them caused by insurgents. Those caused by "pro-government forces" dropped dramatically, mainly because of a reduction in those caused by aerial strikes. (Reporting by Paul Tait; Editing by Matthew Jones) World Afghanistan Add a Comment *We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language or appear to be spam and review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. 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