Report: U.S. airstrike kills eight Afghan soldiers

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Washington Post

Report: U.S. airstrike kills eight Afghan soldiers
By Sudarsan Raghavan and Sayed Salahuddin July 20 at 12:42 PM 


KABUL — A U.S. airstrike in eastern Afghanistan killed at least eight Afghan soldiers at a military outpost Monday in one of the deadliest friendly-fire incidents in years, according to Afghan officials.

The assault unfolded around 7 a.m., striking an Afghan National Army outpost in Logar province, south of the capital, Kabul. The area, in the province’s Baraki Barak district, is thought to be a stronghold of Taliban insurgents, said Halim Fedayee, the provincial governor.

A U.S. Apache helicopter struck the post, he said.


Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/report-us-airstrike-kills-eight-afghan-soldiers/2015/07/20/ffd47a20-5bb9-4ef7-a561-a7590664b5f6_story.html

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[Purveyor]

1. Still winning those 'hearts and minds'...indeed.

[Solly Mack]

2. Damn

[Telcontar]

3. Responding to a request for close air support

That's what "danger close" means. Very sorry to see that happen to the people the Apache were trying to help.

[hughee99]

4. Perhaps someday, the hell or high water will come, and we'll get out of Afghanistan. n/t

[Psephos]

5. Time for another Nobel Peace Prize. n/t