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Official: NATO strike killed 4 Afghan soldiers

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An Afghan military official says a NATO airstrike has killed four Afghan soldiers in the country's south, mistaking them for militants.

 

A spokesman for the Defense Ministry says the Afghan soldiers had left their base in Helmand province on Wednesday night for a patrol when they came under fire from NATO planes. Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi says NATO told the Afghan government that the coalition thought the men were militants. (AP)

 

 

 

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