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US airstrike kills at least seven Afghan police officers in Uruzgan
Source: The Guardian
US airstrike kills at least seven Afghan police officers in Uruzgan
Airstrike on checkpoint was a ‘mistake from the American side’
as they tried to help Afghan forces fight off a Taliban offensive
threatening the provincial capital
Sune Engel Rasmussen in Kabul
Monday 19 September 2016 19.18 BST
An American airstrike has killed at least seven Afghan police officers in the embattled southern province of Uruzgan, according to local officials.
The US has launched airstrikes in the province to help Afghan security forces repel an offensive by the Taliban who recently came close to capturing the provincial capital, Tarin Kot.
The errant airstrike occurred on Sunday around noon when a police post off the highway leading to Kandahar came under attack. Officials say the US apparently tried to defend the police forces and accidentally struck the checkpoint.
“It was a mistake from the American side. There was bad communication between them and the police,” said Abdul Karim Khadimzai, head of Uruzgan’s provincial council. He said seven police were killed and one gravely injured.
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Airstrike on checkpoint was a ‘mistake from the American side’
as they tried to help Afghan forces fight off a Taliban offensive
threatening the provincial capital
Sune Engel Rasmussen in Kabul
Monday 19 September 2016 19.18 BST
An American airstrike has killed at least seven Afghan police officers in the embattled southern province of Uruzgan, according to local officials.
The US has launched airstrikes in the province to help Afghan security forces repel an offensive by the Taliban who recently came close to capturing the provincial capital, Tarin Kot.
The errant airstrike occurred on Sunday around noon when a police post off the highway leading to Kandahar came under attack. Officials say the US apparently tried to defend the police forces and accidentally struck the checkpoint.
“It was a mistake from the American side. There was bad communication between them and the police,” said Abdul Karim Khadimzai, head of Uruzgan’s provincial council. He said seven police were killed and one gravely injured.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/19/us-airstrike-kills-afghanistan-police-uruzgan
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Unbelievable 
