Friendly fire strike in Afghanistan – June 2014

In June of 2014, the mainstream media reported the following story:

Five NATO troops and an Afghan soldier were killed in a friendly-fire airstrike in southern Afghanistan, Afghan officials and Taliban said on Tuesday.

The NATO—led international military alliance said the soldiers were killed on Monday in the southern part of the country, but did not give details on the nationalities of the deceased soldiers or the exact location of the incident.

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Afghan police said that NATO aircraft bombed the soldiers. (Source)

The below are documents relating to this incident.

 Investigation Report of the Fixed Wing Close Air Support Airstrike In the Vicinity of Arghandab, Afghanistan June 2014 [ 283 Pages, 66.47MB ]

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This post was published on February 28, 2015 12:44 am

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