Pentagon offers its condolences after US airstrike kills 12 Afghan police oficers

An errant US airstrike has killed 12 Afghan National Police officers who were fighting the Taliban and wounded two others.

Pentagon offers its condolences after US airstrike kills 12 Afghan police oficers
Sat, 22 Jul, 2017 - 09:58

An errant US airstrike has killed 12 Afghan National Police officers who were fighting the Taliban and wounded two others.

Helmand provincial police chief Abdul Ghafar Safi said on Saturday that the death toll in Friday's airstrike was determined after a site inspection of the compound in Gereshk District.

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