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| Nato air strike kills seven Afghan security personnel |
| 2009-11-08 |
| [Dawn] Seven members of the Afghan security forces were killed in a Nato air strike in remote western Afghanistan, the defence ministry said on Saturday. 'Due to a Nato forces air strike on November 6 in Badghis province seven Afghan security personnel (both Afghan army and national police) were martyred and also some were wounded,' the ministry said in a statement. 'The commando brigade informs us that foreign forces also sustained some casualties,' it said, adding 'The issue is under investigation by Afghan and Nato forces and the results will be announced soon.' The statement comes as Nato's International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) said it was investigating a Friday incident in Badghis in which more than 25 members of international and Afghan forces were wounded. Earlier, an Isaf spokesman said that five US soldiers were wounded during a search operation for two American troops who went missing in western Afghanistan this week. The five are believed to have been among more than 25 Isaf and Afghan troops injured by what a military official said anonymously was friendly fire. However, Isaf spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Todd Vician, of the US Air Force, told AFP: 'We have nothing to confirm friendly fire.' 'No Isaf members were killed,' he said, when confirming that the five injured Isaf soldiers were Americans. Investigations into Friday's incident, believed to have happened in Badghis province, were ongoing and no further details were available, he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Mom, Spemble was alluding to the possibility that that the Afghan security forces may have given their own GPS location to the attacking aircraft for servicing with a GPS guided bomb, instead of giving the targets' GPS location. Paging Emily Latella, white courtesy phone. |
| Posted by: Rob06 2009-11-08 23:24 |
| #3 slightly off topic rant re: GPS for Nimble Spemble: GPS has been known to steer people onto railroad tracks and into ponds; and many European towns have signs on the outskirts: "Lorry drivers: no matter what GPS says, your truck won't fit through here." Or words to that effect. More than one demolition firm has demolished the wrong building because they used GPS instead of looking at the blessed address! GPS doesn't know where the detours are, and it certainly doesn't know where the bad guys are. (end rant) |
| Posted by: mom 2009-11-08 22:12 |
| #2 Do they know how to use GPS? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2009-11-08 07:09 |
| #1 Which side were the Afghan security forces on? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-11-08 00:26 |