NATO strike kills Afghan soldiers - 2 American paratroopers missing

Afghan ministry: NATO strike kills Afghan soldiers



By ELENA BECATOROS, Associated Press Writer

KABUL – Afghanistan's Defense Ministry said Saturday that a NATO
airstrike in the western province of Badghis the previous day
mistakenly hit a joint base housing coalition troops and Afghan
security forces, killing four Afghan soldiers and three policemen.

NATO said it and Afghan authorities were investigating whether an
alliance airstrike during an operation Friday to rescue two missing
American paratroopers had caused casualties. It said it could not
confirm whether the base had been hit.

The alliance said reports indicated a total of seven Afghan security
forces personnel and one Afghan civilian interpreter had been killed.
It added that five U.S. and 15 Afghan soldiers, two policemen and an
Afghan civilian interpreter had been wounded in several hours of
fighting against insurgents during the search for the missing
paratroopers.
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