{"id":47,"date":"2010-01-31T14:09:34","date_gmt":"2010-01-31T14:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=47"},"modified":"2010-01-31T14:09:34","modified_gmt":"2010-01-31T14:09:34","slug":"nato-air-strikes-kills-its-loyal-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2010\/01\/31\/47\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO air strikes kills its loyal troops!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right;\" alt=\"amrican-afghan\" src=\"images\/stories\/news\/amrican-afghan.jpg\" width=\"235\" height=\"199\" \/>NATO forces clashed with Afghan troops Saturday at a snow-covered highway outpost, calling in an airstrike that killed four Afghan soldiers, U.S. and Afghan officials said.<\/div>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Afghanistan&#8217;s Defense Ministry condemned the incident and demanded punishment for those responsible.<br \/>NATO called it a regrettable incident and announced an investigation.<br \/>The deaths are likely to strain relations between NATO and Afghan forces at a time both are calling for a closer partnership in the fight against the Taliban.<br \/>The fighting began about 3 a.m. in the eastern Wardak province, when a joint NATO-Afghan force traded fire with another Afghan unit manning the outpost.<br \/>NATO troops then called in an airstrike, killing the four Afghans, NATO and the Afghan ministry said.<br \/> \u201cBesides expressing heartfelt condolences to the families of the martyrs, the Afghan Defense Ministry is condemning this incident,\u201d the Afghan statement said, adding a delegation had been sent to the area to investigate.<br \/>Provincial spokesman Shahidullah Shahid said seven Afghan soldiers also had been wounded.<br \/>NATO said the Afghans began shooting first and the joint force returned fire before calling in the airstrike.<br \/>Saturday&#8217;s incident followed the deaths Friday of two U.S. service members and one U.S. employee who were killed in eastern Afghanistan. In a statement announcing the deaths, NATO did not specify the circumstances or give further details pending an investigation.<br \/>That suggested the deaths may not have been due to hostile fire.<br \/>Also Saturday, NATO said its troops opened fire on a taxi the day before as it sped toward a patrol, ignoring warning shots.<br \/>Two civilians were killed and one was wounded in the shooting, which occurred in the Muqor district of Ghazni province. <\/p>\n<p>Source: Agencies<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NATO forces clashed with Afghan troops Saturday at a snow-covered highway outpost, calling in an airstrike that killed four Afghan soldiers, U.S. and Afghan officials said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c59-islamic-world"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NATO air strikes kills its loyal troops! 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