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Foreign troops kill nine Afghan soldiers

by amtay | October 21, 2008 at 10:25 pm

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Althogh it looks quite a normal story when NATO led troops kills Afgani soldiers due to mistaken identity, but story turns out to be very very important when foreign troops are killed by the Militiama.Why we differentiate between the lives, they need to briught to books for mistakes they commit on war field.If you do not recognise your target , then how you can shot them.

Foreign troops killed nine Afghan soldiers in a mistaken air strike in the southeast of the country overnight, the Afghan Defence Ministry said on Wednesday.

Scores of Afghan civilians have been killed in air strikes by international troops in Afghanistan this year, Afghan officials say, feeding a perception that NATO-led and U.S. coalition forces do not take enough care when calling in air support.

But it is still rare for foreign troops to hit their allies in the Afghan security forces.

Helicopter gunships pounded an Afghan army post on a road in Dowa Manda district of Khost province, a Taliban stronghold, district chief Lutfullah Babakarkheil said. Eight soldiers were killed and four wounded, he said.

The Afghan Defence Ministry in Kabul put the number of troops killed at nine.

"Nine have been martyred, three wounded, one critically in the attack by international forces," said ministry spokesman Zaher Azimi, who declined to give further details.