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Afghan and NATO Officials: 4 Afghan Soldiers Killed in Joint Force Air
Strike

   VOA News 30 January 2010

   Afghan  and  NATO  officials  say  a  coalition air strike has "likely
   killed" four Afghan soldiers.
   Military  officials  say  joint force of Afghan and coalition soldiers
   came under fire early Saturday morning and called in the air strike.
   NATO  and  Afghan  officials say their initial investigation after the
   air  strike  indicates  the  small arms fire originated from an Afghan
   National Army outpost.
   Brigadier  General  Eric Tremblay, an coalition spokesman, called it a
   regrettable incident.
   He  said  joint  forces  "work  extremely  hard"  to synchronize their
   operations.
   An  Afghan  Ministry  of  Defense  spokesman  says  the  International
   Security  Assistance  Force  and  the Afghan army will conduct a joint
   investigation into what he termed an "unfortunate accident."
   Some information for this report was provided by AP and Reuters.

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