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| Eight killed in 'Nato air strike' | |
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| Nato officials say they are investigating whether the deaths of eight Afghans working with US troops may have been a friendly-fire incident. | |
| Nato says the incident occurred in the western province of Badghis on Friday, as Afghan and US forces were searching for two missing American soldiers. | |
| The patrol came under rebel attack and reportedly called for air support. | |
| The Afghan defence ministry said a base housing coalition troops and Afghan security forces was mistakenly hit. | |
| Nato says a number of US and Afghan troops were wounded in the incident. | |
| Those killed include four Afghan soldiers and three policemen, and another person believed to have been an interpreter. | |
| The incident comes days after an Afghan policeman killed five British troops in Helmand province, who the soldiers had been training. |