Afghan chief shot in Nato 'mistake'

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Source: al Jazeera/Agencies

An Afghan district governor and two of his bodyguards have been killed by mistake in a Nato raid on a house in Uruzgan province, police say.

Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, expressed sorrow over the killing, which he called a "misunderstanding," and said the district chief, Rozi Khan, was his close associate.

Khan was allegedly killed on Wednesday when he went to the aid of a friend who had called for help believing the Taliban had surrounded his home, Uruzgan police chief, Gulab Khan, said.

The forces outside the man's home were however international troops, who in turn mistook the governor and his men for Taliban fighters, Gulab Khan said.


Read more: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2008/09/2008918125844865901.html

[dipsydoodle]

1. Tragic

farce.x(

[NOW tense]

2. Not good

These types of things don't turn out well.

[Solly Mack]

3. How many more people have to die before enough is enough?

:(

[Ian David]

4. It's Bush's new strategy: Shock and Oops. n/t

[GliderGuider]

7. "Shock and Aw Shit!" nt

[pattmarty]

5. Why can't there be some kind of a mistake on Bush/Cheney?

[Nihil]

6. 'cos even fewer people would believe it was a mistake ...

... everyone knows that neither Bush nor Cheney would run to help anyone else!

:evilgrin: