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| NATO friendly fire airstrike kills 7 Afghan policemen |
| 2010-02-19 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] A US military plane has mistakenly bombed an Afghan police vehicle in Kunduz province, killing at least seven officers and injuring several others. According to Afghan officials, the incident took place in the Emam Saheb district of the northern province of Kunduz on Thursday morning. The officials say the policemen were killed during a joint Afghan and NATO-led forces operation against Taliban militants in the region. "During the operation a NATO jet hit a police ranger and killed seven policemen," district police chief Abdul Qayoum said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Good points, Glenmore. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-02-19 14:10 |
| #1 The 'errant' air strike the other day turns out to have hit what it was aiming at, but there were unseen 'civilians' mixed in with the Taliban shooters. And a large stash of Afghan police/Army uniforms was also recently uncovered. And more than once we have been attacked by Afghan uniformed men - both actual and imposter. So I don't yet know that this was a mistaken bombing. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-02-19 08:34 |