US officers in Afghanistan drunk during airstrike

This video about Kunduz, Afghanistan is called NATO Airstrike Kills 90, Including About 40 Civilians.

Alcohol banned on Afghanistan base

KABUL: The head of the international forces in Afghanistan has banned alcohol at its headquarters after troops were found to be too drunk or hungover to respond quickly to news of a deadly air strike.

General Stanley McChrystal tried to contact his subordinates after a Nato strike killed 125 civilians, but too many had been “partying it up” and could not be raised.

General McChrystal, head of International Forces in Afghanistan (Isaf), has since put a stop to drinking, admonishing staff for not having “their heads in the right place” on Friday morning a few hours after the attack, the Times reports.

The diktat means that the coffee shops and bars where commanders used to be able to enjoy a beer or three will now be dry.

The Isaf headquarters covers half a square mile but it has at least seven bars that serve tax-free beer and wine including a Tora Bora sports bar complete with flat-screen televisions and football memorabilia, the Gravel Pit, which has a snooker table, a German beer hall, the 37 Club and a Nordic Palace, the paper reports.

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