U.S. Army Spc. Chris Avila (right) and other soldiers engage Taliban forces during a halt to repair a disabled vehicle near the village of Allah Say, Afghanistan, on Aug. 20, 2007. Avila is assigned to Foxtrot Company, 2nd Battalion, 82nd Aviation Brigade. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Michael L. Casteel, U.S. Army. (Released)From The New York Times:
KABUL, Afghanistan — American forces killed six Afghan police officers and one civilian Wednesday during an assault on the hideout of a suspected Taliban commander, the authorities said, in what a senior American military spokesman called a “tragic case of mistaken identity.” Thirteen Afghan security officers were also wounded in the incident.
A statement issued jointly by the American and Afghan military commands said a contingent of police officers fired on American forces after the Americans had successfully overrun the hideout, killing the suspected Taliban commander and detaining another man.
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My Comment: Friendly fire is the worse thing for soldiers to experience. In this case it was soldiers firing on police .... not an errant missile or bombing attack.