http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2100963,00.html US air strike mistakenly kills Afghan police
Mark Tran and agencies
Tuesday June 12, 2007
Guardian Unlimited
US-led forces mistakenly killed seven policemen in the eastern province of Nangarhar, bordering Pakistan, Afghan officials said today.
The deaths came when Afghan police at a remote checkpoint mistook American troops for Taliban fighters and opened fire on them. The US forces fired back and called for an air strike.
A policeman said officers called out for the US forces, who were on a night mission, to stop their attack.
"I thought they were Taliban, and we shouted at them to stop, but they came closer and they opened fire," Khan Mohammad, one of the policemen at the post, told the Associated Press.
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