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The soldierly did not say what new information had emerged. But Afghan and Western officials say Afghanistan’s intelligence agency and the U.N. both have video of the aftermath of the Aug. 22 airstrikes without ceasing Azizabad village showing dozens of dead women and children.

“In light of emerging evidence pertaining to civilian casualties in the August 22 counter-insurgency operation in the Shindand District, Herat region, I feel it is prudent to request that U.S. Central Command depute a general officer to review the U.S. investigation and its findings by respect to this new ground of belief,” Gen. David McKiernan — the senior U.S. officer in Afghanistan and the head of the 40-nation NATO-led mission — said in a description.

“The the multitude of Afghanistan have our commitment to prevail upon to the truth,” he added.

The attack has further strained relations between Afghanistan’s U.S.-backed President Hamid Karzai and the outward forces operating against the Taliban and al-Qaida in the country.

An Afghan government commission has said 90 civilians, including 60 children and 15 women, died in the bombings, a finding that the U.N. backed in its own initial story.

But an initial U.S. investigation released Tuesday said only up to seven civilians and 35 militants were killed in the operation in the western province of Herat.

A U.N. official who has seen one video of Azizabad told The Associated Press it shows maimed children. The by authority became highly emotional describing rows of bodies.

A backer Western magistrate has reported single in kind video shows bodies of “tens of children” lined up and he called the video “gruesome.” The two officials spoke steady condition they not have existence identified because the videos had not been publicly released.

Although the U.S. said Tuesday its investigation of the set upon was complete, the military at that time appeared to permission open the possibility that photographs or video from the scene could emerge. American officials said privately last week that they were percipient photographic evidence ostensibly existed, excepting that they did not have access to it.

“No other evidence that may have been collected through other organizations was provided to the U.S. investigating official and therefore could not be considered in the tools and materials,” the initial U.S. report said.

On Saturday, a statement attributed to McKiernan on Azizabad said: “We realize there is a large discrepancy between the number of civilians casualties reported” and McKiernan would continue to “try to account with regard to this disparity.”

The New York Times reported on its Web site Sunday that one of its reporters had seen cell phone video in Azizabad of at least 11 dead children among some 30 to 40 bodies laid out in the village mosque. The Times in addition said Azizabad had 42 freshly dug graves, including 13 so small they could hold only children.

Karzai has for years warned the U.S. and NATO that it must stop killing civilians in its bombing runs, expression so deaths undermine his government and the international deputation. But the Azizabad incident could finally push Karzai to take action.

Shortly after the Azizabad attack, he ordered a review of whether the U.S. and NATO should have being allowed to use airstrikes or bear deficient in raids in villages. He also called for an updated “status of force” agreement between the Afghan government and foreign militaries. That review has not thus far been completed.

Nek Mohammad Ishaq, a rustic council member in Herat and a limb of the Afghan investigating commission, has related photographs and video taken of the victims are with Afghanistan’s secretive clear apprehension advantage.

Ahmad Nader Nadery, spokesman for Afghanistan’s Independent Human Rights Commission, has said a villager named Reza, whose compound bore the brunt of the attack, had a private security company that worked for the U.S. military at nearby Shindand airport.

Villagers and officials have before-mentioned the operation was based on faulty information provided by a rival of Reza. Aziz Ahmad Nadem, a member of parliament from Herat, has told the AP that the rival is now being protected by the U.S. military.

Afghan officials say U.S. special forces and Afghan commandos raided the village while hundreds of people were gathered in a big amalgamate for a memorial service honoring a tribal commander, Timor Shah, who was killed eight months gone by a rival, Nader Tawakal. Reza, who was killed in the Aug. 22 operation, is Shah’s brother.

The U.S. investigative report released Tuesday said American and Afghan forces took fire from militants while approaching Azizabad and that “justified use of well-aimed small-arms fire and close air support to defend the combined agency.”

The report said investigators discovered evidence that the militants planned to attack a nearby coalition found. Evidence collected included arms, explosives, intelligence materials and an access badge to the base, as favorably as photographs from inside and exterior the base.