Originally published Monday, July 21, 2008 at 12:00 AM

Coalition kills 9 Afghan police

U.S.-led troops and Afghan forces killed nine Afghan police Sunday, calling in airstrikes and fighting on the ground for four hours after...

By The Associated Press and The New York Times

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KABUL, Afghanistan — U.S.-led troops and Afghan forces killed nine Afghan police Sunday, calling in airstrikes and fighting on the ground for four hours after both sides mistook the other for militants, Afghan officials said.

In a separate incident, NATO said it accidentally killed at least four Afghan civilians Saturday night.

One NATO soldier was also killed in the eastern province of Khost on Sunday. Although NATO did not give the nationality of the soldier, U.S. forces are deployed in Khost.

The two cases of accidental killings could further undercut popular support for the government and foreign forces operating here. President Hamid Karzai has pleaded with the U.S. and other nations fighting resurgent militants to avoid civilian casualties.

A source with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan who spoke on condition of anonymity said the incident would be thoroughly investigated.

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