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Police: Four ANA ‘Mistakenly Killed in Airstrike’ in Logar
[ToloNews] At least four Afghan National Army personnel were killed by "friendly fire" in the eastern province of Pashtun-infested Logar on Monday night, provincial police claim.According to Pashtun-infested Logar police front man Shahpoor Ahmadzai, a US  ...KABOOM!... "mistakenly" targeted an army outpost when it came under Taliban ...Arabic for students... attack and Afghan forces called for air support. The outpost is located in the Bazar-e-Zekher area on the outskirts of Pul-e-Alam city, the center of Pashtun-infested Logar, Ahmadzai said. Six other ANA soldiers were maimed in the airstrike, police said. A front man for US Forces in Afghanistan responded: "We are aware of reports a US airstrike conducted last night in support of Afghan forces may have resulted in Afghan National Army casualties. US and Afghan forces are working closely together to develop a shared understanding of this event. A joint investigation is ongoing." Also in Pashtun-infested Logar, provincial police said that a convoy of foreign forces was targeted by a boom-mobile explosion near a military camp Tuesday morning. A US Forces spokesperson said: "A vehicle-borne IED targeted a U.S. convoy this morning in Pashtun-infested Logar province. Only the VBIED driver was killed. No U.S. or Coalition service members were maimed or killed in the attack. We are investigating the incident." Posted by: trailing wife 2019-11-13 |
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