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US Accidentally Kills 6 Afghan Cops

Calls it a 'tragic case of mistaken identity'

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 10, 2008 7:14 AM CST

(Newser) – US troops killed six Afghan policemen and one civilian today, in what a senior military spokesman called a “tragic case of mistaken identity,” the New York Times reports. The forces had just finished overrunning a Taliban hideout, killing a suspected Taliban commander and... Read full story »

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