A NATO airstrike in eastern
Afghanistan has accidentally killed five Afghan soldiers, government
officials said, while the coalition said it was investigating reports of
the incident.
"At 3:30am this morning, due to a NATO airstrike in Charkh district,
Logar province, five service members of the Afghan national army were
martyred and eight others were wounded," defence ministry spokesman
Zahir Azimi said on his Twitter account on Thursday.
"The reason for the air strike is not clear and an investigation is
ongoing," the provincial governor's spokesman, Din Mohammad Darwish,
told Reuters news agency.
NATO airstrike kills Afghan soldiers - Central & South Asia - Al Jazeera English
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