Published On: Wed, Jul 22nd,

US Airstrike Accidentally Killed About 7 Afghan Soldiers

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The NATO helicopters launched airstrike on Monday appears to be inadvertently shot dead about seven Afghan soldiers as well wounded several, Afghan authorities reported.

United States’ that airstrikes shocked Afghan authorities as it occurred first time since the war started in 2001 and international forces remained part of the nation battling against the terrorists in country.

US deadly airstrike targeted restive Logar Province, where a severe battle is occurring between Afghan national security forces and the Taliban fighters.

According to Afghan authorities, the coalition helicopters were flying over Logar where Taliban fighting against security forces, while fire was launched by the militants towards the aircraft and US soldiers in helicopters immediately carried out a response airstrike that targeted one security outpost.

General Abdul Razak, Afghan National Army area commander confirmed the airstrike wasn’t intentionally but inadvertently destroyed outpost in the Baraki Barak district, which is situated at distance of 50 kilometers east of Kabul.

General Razak told media, “At around 6 a.m. coalition aircraft arrived and repeatedly bombed for an hour the Chiltan area where there are three Afghan security outposts,”

However, a United States army spokesman in Afghanistan, Col Brian Tribus has also confirmed that the US forces attacked Afghan soldiers but according to him, it will be investigated that how it happened.

Col Tribus added that the act is regrettable for coalition as they are part of the Afghan forces to fight against Taliban, believes to be a huge loss of Afghan National Army and Afghan partners a joint investigation is being done to find out the reason.

He also promised that consequences soon will be released if it was done intentionally by US force.

The Afghan security forces and Taliban emerged calm during the three-day Eid festival which comes at end of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan, while after that a regrettable incident took place.

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