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| Afghanistan |
| U.S. Troops Mistakenly Kill 4 Afghan Soldiers |
| 2003-05-21 |
| Edited for brevity. American troops guarding the U.S. Embassy in Kabul shot and killed four Afghan soldiers Wednesday, apparently mistaking them for assailants, Afghan officials said. There were no apparent U.S. casualties, and reports varied about who fired first. Lt. Col. Paul Kolken, a spokesman for the peacekeepers that patrol Kabul, said there were unconfirmed reports that the Afghan soldiers shot first, firing at a passing car in front of the U.S. Embassy for unknown reasons. "In doing so, they fired in the direction of the American embassy and the American soldiers standing guard there returned fire," Kolken said, adding that first shots were fired just after 10 a.m. He said the incident was under investigation. |
| Posted by:Dar |