U.S. Envoy Cites 'Fog of War' in Afghan Tolls

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 3 -- Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said Wednesday that widely divergent U.S. and U.N. estimates of the death toll from American airstrikes in Afghanistan may reflect the difficulties of obtaining an accurate account in a war zone.
U.S. Envoy Cites 'Fog of War' in Afghan Tolls: Ambassador to U.N. Also Denies He Gave 'Advice and...