Friendly fire may have caused 25 NATO casualties

Karachi News.Net
Saturday 7th November, 2009

NATO is investigating an attack on its forces which left 25 of them wounded on Friday.

Officials at the time of the attack indicated the casualties were caused by insurgents. However it now says friendly fire may have been the cause.

The investigation is looking at whether NATO forces were mistaken to be the enemy resulting in a clash between two contingents of NATO soldiers.

The attack occurred when NATO troops were engaged in a search for two missing U.S. soldiers who are believed to have drowned in a river in the western province of Badghis.

The province's deputy police chief, Abdul Jabar, says the two soldiers were swept away Wednesday while trying to save supply boxes that fell into the water after being air-dropped.

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