Sources say US gunship bombed checkpoint just 30 minutes after police unit retook it from TalibanA US gunship has killed at least 12 Afghan policemen in a friendly fire airstrike in Helmand, according to local officials. Since 2001, Helmand has consistently been the deadliest province for both foreign and Afghan forces. The attack occurred on Friday afternoon, when, according to local police sources, an Afghan police unit retook a checkpoint captured by the Taliban on Thursday. Helmand’s police chief said 12 members of the Afghan National Security Forces died in the strike. In the northeastern Badakhshan province, the Taliban killed at least 32 members of the local police and government-aligned uprising groups in a push to capture Tagaq district.

Source: The Guardian July 21, 2017 19:31 UTC