KABUL-based American forces have acknowledged the killing of Afghan police personnel in an airstrike in southern Helmand province.
The US air force targeted policemen in an airstrike in Lashkargah City, the provincial capital on Thursday night.
The Ministry of Interior (MoI) said that eight policemen were killed and 12 others wounded while provincial council and local officials said that 17 police personnel had been killed, including a commander during the airstrike.
US Forces’ spokesman in Afghanistan Col. Dave Butler told Pajhwok Afghan News . . .
