AP: U.S. troops kill Afghan policeman

[Eugene]

U.S. troops kill Afghan policeman

By Jason Straziuso, Associated Press Writer | December 2, 2006

KABUL, Afghanistan --An American troop convoy fired on Afghan policemen in
waning daylight in eastern Afghanistan, killing one officer and wounding
another, officials said Saturday.

A NATO spokesman said a policeman in civilian clothes touched off the incident
Friday evening by firing at the convoy, but an Afghan district police chief
said no officers shot their weapons.

The incident was unusual. Many of NATO's operations are done jointly with
Afghan police and soldiers, and Western forces are working to increase channels
of communication with their Afghan counterparts.

Maj. Luke Knittig, spokesman for NATO's International Security Assistance Force,
said the alliance's investigation of the incident would look into whether the
shooting stemmed from a "coordination issue" that went wrong.

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Full article: http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2006/12/02/us_troops_kill_afghan_policeman

[SpiralHawk]

1. "don't blame me I was out golfing" - Commander AWOL

"It must be Bill Clinton's fault, heh, heh" - Commander AWOL

[saigon68]

2. "BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE