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Officials: NATO Air Strike Mistakenly Kills 7 Afghan Soldiers And Policemen 2009-11-07 16:09:29 (3 weeks ago) Posted By: Intellpuke (Read 197 times || 0 comments) Submit to Digg     Afghan police and military officials said Saturday that at least seven of their members were killed and 16 injured in a NATO air strike that mistakenly targeted international forces in the northwest of the country. The NATO force confirmed the casualties and said it was investigating with the Afghan authorities whether some of them may have been caused by friendly fire. Five U.S. troops were also injured during an operation that involved multiple firefights over several hours Friday, said U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Todd Vician, a spokesman for the NATO-led coalition in Afghanistan. The clashes occurred as Afghan and international forces were searching for two U.S. paratroopers who disappeared Wednesday while trying to recover airdropped supplies from a river. Police said they were swept away by the river in the Bala Murghab district of Badghis province. Abdu Raouf Ahmadi, spokesman for the western regional police command, said the joint forces were pursuing Taliban insurgents in a village when the air strike happened Friday. He was not certain, however, whether fighting was going on at that moment. (story continues below) Make a donation today to remove the advertisments! "I think it was just a misunderstanding," said Ahmadi. "They didn't know that there were Afghan and foreign forces in the village." Four Afghan soldiers and three policemen were killed "as a result of NATO bombarding," Defense Ministry spokesman Mohammad Zahir Azimi said. An additional 14 soldiers and two policemen were wounded, police and army officials said. An Afghan civilian working with the national army was also killed and another wounded, the NATO force said in a statement. "We are saddened by the loss of life and injuries sustained during this very important mission," U.S. Navy Capt. Jane Campbell, a coalition spokesman, said in the statement. Earlier in the day, Ahmadi said, a group of 15 to 20 militants on motorcycles had attacked a base used by Afghan and international forces. He said the international forces returned fire, killing three militants and injuring eight. The search for the missing paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division, based at Ft. Bragg in North Carolina, continued Saturday. Such disappearances are rare. The last time a U.S. service member went missing in Afghanistan was in June, when Pfc. Bowe R. Bergdahl was captured after straying from a U.S. base near the eastern border with Pakistan. On July 18, Taliban insurgents released a video of the 23-year-old soldier from Idaho. He has not been found. Intellpuke: You can read this article by Los Angeles Times correspondent Alexandra Zavis, reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan, in context here: www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-afghan-violence8-2009nov08,0,4688920.story Los Angeles Times special correspondent Karim Sharifi contributed reporting to this news article. Admin Functions Edit Story Email To A Friend Email this story to a friend: Your Name: Their Email:   Readers Comments Add your own comment. (Anonymous commenting now enabled.)

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