An Afghan air force strike killed five soldiers and a police officer in western Afghanistan, an official said on Saturday, the latest in a series of so-called “friendly fire” incidents. “Because of the wrong coordinates, helicopters bombed an Afghan forces’ checkpoint that unfortunately left five soldiers and a police officer dead,” he said. The US military in Afghanistan, however, said its forces were not involved in the air strike in Farah. A US air strike killed up to 10 Afghan soldiers in July last year at an army checkpoint in Logar province south of Kabul, one of the deadliest episodes of “friendly fire” by foreign forces in recent years. The air force has recently began bombing Taliban militants as the fighting rages in several provinces across the country.

Source: Hindustan Times October 01, 2016 14:37 UTC