Nato troops are coming under fire for their actions in Afghanistan.

European ministers meeting in Stockholm have condemned an air raid ordered in Kunduz province, that killed scores of people.

And in an unprecedented move, the US commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, has spoken on local television in an attempt to reassure the local population.

Kunduz is in a strategically important location and, as Al Jazeera's James Bays reports, Afghan and foreign troops are facing difficulties in keeping the province out of Taliban control.