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| A Nato air strike has killed seven Afghan policemen in northern Kunduz province, officials say. | |
| The officers were mistakenly hit after a joint Nato-Afghan patrol was ambushed by Taliban insurgents, Afghan officials told news agencies. | The officers were mistakenly hit after a joint Nato-Afghan patrol was ambushed by Taliban insurgents, Afghan officials told news agencies. |
| The incident comes as Nato-led forces battle Taliban insurgents in a major operation in southern Helmand province. | The incident comes as Nato-led forces battle Taliban insurgents in a major operation in southern Helmand province. |
| On Sunday, 12 civilians died in that operation in a missile strike that Nato said had also killed three Taliban. | On Sunday, 12 civilians died in that operation in a missile strike that Nato said had also killed three Taliban. |
| The Nato-led International Security Assistance Force told AFP news agency it was looking into an "incident" in Kunduz province, and was "still tracking down what happened". | |
| Afghan officials said the air strike was called in after a patrol of Afghan soldiers, police and Nato troops was attacked by Taliban in Imam Sahib district. | |
| The Afghan forces were hit by mistake, killing seven policemen and wounding two, a spokesman for the interior ministry said. |