Afghan ministry: NATO strike kills Afghan forces
U.S. and Afghan authorities investigated Saturday whether a botched NATO airstrike was to blame for the death of Afghan Soldiers and police during a search for two American paratroopers missing in a Taliban -infested area of the country's west. The probe into a possible friendly fire incident further aggravates already strained relations between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the international community, which holds his enfeebled government partly responsible for rising instability. After...

Afghan ministry: NATO strike kills Afghan forces
Kabul—U.S. and Afghan authorities investigated Saturday whether a botched NATO airstrike was to blame for the death of Afghan Soldiers and police during a search for two American paratroopers missing in a Taliban-infested area of the country's west. The probe into a possible friendly fire incident further aggravates already strained relations between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the international community, which holds his enfeebled government partly responsible for rising...

Afghans: 7 soldiers killed by NATO strike
Kabul, Afghanistan, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A NATO air strike killed seven Afghan security force members searching for two missing U.S. Soldiers, officials said Saturday. A spokesman for NATO confirmed the deaths, first reported by the Afghan Defense Ministry, The New York Times reported. The spokesman said the operation Friday in Badghis province also wounded five U.S. and 15 Afghan Soldiers, two Afghan police officers and an Afghan civilian who was part of the mission, which arrived in the area...

Ministry: NATO strike kills Afghan soldiers
Afghanistan's Defense Ministry says a NATO airstrike in a western province mistakenly hit a joint base housing coalition Troops and Afghan forces, killing four Afghan Soldiers and three policemen.

Allies probing NATO airstrike
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UK soldiers killed in Afghan blast
The serviceman from 4th Battalion, The Rifles, died in a blast near Sangin, in central Helmand Province. His family have been informed. Lieutenant Colonel David Wakefield, spokesman for Task Force Helmand, said: "It is my sad duty to inform you that earlier today, the morning of Remembrance Sunday, a soldier from 3 Rifles Battle Group was killed as a result of an explosion near Sangin, in Helmand Province." He continued: "One of our fellow Soldiers, one of us, who we remembered...

BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition: Afghans die in -Nato air strike'
This is a syndicated post. Original article from BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition , available at BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition . NATO officials investigate whether the death of eight Afghans working with US Troops was a "friendly-fire" incident.

Karzai Says US Airstrikes "Not Acceptable"
Kabul — Video of the aftermath of a disputed incident involving American forces and the Taliban shows bloodied bodies of children laid out with other corpses, confirming international Red Cross findings at the two remote villages in western Afghanistan. The U.S. Military does not contest that civilians died but called "extremely over-exaggerated" a report by an Afghan official that as many as 147 were killed. Afghans blame aerial bombing Monday and Tuesday for the deaths and destruction....

UK soldiers killed in Afghan blast
Another British soldier has been killed in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has said.

2 NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan
    Kabul, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Two Soldiers of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) have been killed in the militancy-plagued Afghanistan, a Press release of the alliance said on Sunday.     "Two ISAF service members died in Afghanistan yesterday," the Press release said.     Giving details, the Press release added that one U.S. service member was killed in an insurgent attack in western Afghanistan....

'Soldiers are dying for Afghan democracy as British values crumble' says Bishop
The Government has allowed the scandal of bankers' bonuses and MPs' expenses to "chip away" at the values of British society yet "throws" Soldiers at Afghanistan to fight corruption there, the Bishop of Lichfield has said.

Afghan ministry: NATO strike kills Afghan soldiers
Afghanistan's Defense Ministry said Saturday that a NATO airstrike in the western province of Badghis the previous day mistakenly hit a joint base housing coalition Troops and Afghan security forces, killing four Afghan Soldiers and three policemen. NATO said it and Afghan authorities were investigating whether an alliance airstrike during an operation Friday to rescue two missing American paratroopers had caused casualties. It said it could not confirm whether the base had been hit. The...

Afghan Defense Ministry: NATO airstrike in west kills 4 Afghan soldiers, 3 police
Kabul — Afghanistan's Defense Ministry said Saturday that a NATO airstrike in the western province of Badghis the previous day mistakenly hit a joint base housing coalition Troops and Afghan security forces, killing four Afghan Soldiers and three policemen. NATO said it and Afghan authorities were investigating whether a NATO airstrike during an operation Friday to rescue two missing American paratroopers had caused casualties. It said it could not confirm whether the base had been hit....

Afghan ministry: NATO strike kills Afghan soldiers
Kabul (AP) — Afghanistan 's Defense Ministry said Saturday that a NATO airstrike in the western province of Badghis the previous day mistakenly hit a joint base housing coalition Troops and Afghan security forces, killing four Afghan Soldiers and three policemen.

2 NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Kabul, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Two Soldiers of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) have been killed in the militancy-plagued Afghanistan, a Press release of the alliance said on Sunday. "Two ISAF service members died in Afghanistan yesterday," the Press release said. Giving details, the Press release added that one U.S. service member was killed in an insurgent attack in western Afghanistan .

Seven Afghan Soldier killed in 'Nato air strike'
Seven Afghan Soldier killed in 'NATO air strike'

Seven Afghan Security Forces killed in NATO Air Strike
Afghanistan: Seven Afghan Security Forces killed in NATO Air Strike, Seven members of the Afghan security forces were killed in a NATO air strike in remote

NATO Friendly Fire Under Investigation
Incident called one of the worst during eight year war. An investigation is underway in what is being described as one of the worst "friendly fire" incidents in an eight-year war. A mis-targeted NATO air strike called to help Troops fight rebels in the remote Badghis province of western Afghanistan has left four army Soldiers and three police officers dead. The strike occurred while NATO and Afghan forces were searching for two American paratroopers who went missing on Wednesday during a...

Ministry: NATO airstrike kills Afghan soldiers
Kabul -- Afghanistan's Defense Ministry said Saturday that a NATO airstrike in the western province of Badghis mistakenly hit a joint base housing coalition Troops and Afghan security forces , killing four Afghan Soldiers and three policemen. NATO would not comment on whether an airstrike had taken place. Defense Ministry spokesman Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi said an Afghan army commando unit, district police members and foreign forces were in the base in the Bala Marghab district at the time of...

NATO Airstrike Kills 7 Afghan Soldiers
A NATO airstrike in the western province of Badghis mistakenly hit a joint base housing coalition Troops and Afghan security forces, killing four Afghan Soldiers and three policemen, Afghan officials said today. An Afghan army commando unit, district police members and foreign forces were in the base in the Bala Marghab district at the time of yesterday's airstrike, which also wounded 15.

NATO probes possible Afghan 'friendly fire' deaths
NATO forces in Afghanistan are investigating a report that an airstrike killed Afghan security forces in a region rife with arms smuggling and narcotics trafficking.

Seven killed in 'Nato air strike'
At least seven members of the Afghan security forces have been killed in a NATO air strike, the Afghan defence ministry says. It said NATO and the Afghan authorities are investigating the incident which took place in western Badghis province on Friday. Reports say four Afghan Soldiers and three policemen were killed. There has been no word from NATO forces so far on whether an air strike has taken place.

Nato probes deadly Afghan air raid
An investigation has begun on whether a NATO air raid was to blame for the death of Afghan Soldiers and foreign Troops during a joint operation in the northwest of Afghanistan. NATO's International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) said the attack on Friday killed or injured more than 25 foreign and Afghan Soldiers in the province of Badghis. NATO officials blamed Taliban fighters for the attack, but later said it was possible that the Soldiers were hit by a NATO-led air raid.

President Karzai: corrupt officials will have no place in new Afghan government
Kabul — Afghan President Hamid Karzai, under fire from his international partners to clean up his administration, insisted Sunday there's no place for corrupt officials within his government. Elsewhere, NATO officials said there was still no trace of two American paratroopers who went missing four days ago after trying to retrieve supplies from a river in western Afghanistan. NATO forces said a U.S. service member was killed Saturday in an insurgent attack in the west. The alliance said...