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The military investigator's report found that more than 30 civilians -- not the five to seven as military officials asserted -- died in the Aug. 22 strikes against a suspected Taliban facility in Azizabad, The New York Times reported Wednesday.

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Michael W. Callan concluded many more civilians, including women and children, were buried in the rubble than military had asserted, officials told the Times. The revised figure was less than the 90 deaths Afghan and U.N. officials claimed.

The report also adjusted the number of militants killed in the raid. Commanders in Afghanistan said 30-35 militants died but the new report concluded fewer than 20 were killed.

The airstrikes have caused tension to rise between the Afghan government and the U.S. military.

U.S. Army Gen. David D. McKiernan, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, requested the report Sept. 7 in response to what he said was "emerging evidence" about the raids, the Times said.

Military officials described the report's findings to the Times on the condition of anonymity because the document hadn't been made public and Afghan officials hadn't been briefed.

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