Thread: US Airstrike Allegedly Kills 8 Afghan Policemen

ISLAMABAD —
Officials in Afghanistan said Monday an American air attack has killed at least eight policemen in a volatile central province.

The police personnel were guarding a security outpost on a main highway outside Tarin Kot, the provincial capital of Uruzgan, on Sunday evening, regional Highway Police Commander Samunwal Rahimullah Khan told VOA.

“An airstrike killed one police officer and when seven others returned to the security post, foreign aircraft carried out another raid, killing all of them,” he said.

The Afghan commander denounced the attack and asserted there were Taliban posts in nearby areas with the white insurgent flag raised on them, “but we are unable to understand why Americans targeted our policemen.”

A U.S. military spokesman has confirmed an airstrike was conducted in Tarin Kot on September 18, saying it targeted “individuals” firing on Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF).

“We don't have any further information on who those individuals might have been or why they were attacking ANDSF forces. U.S., Coalition, and Afghan forces have the right to self-defense, and in this case were responding to an immediate threat,” Brigadier General Charles Cleveland told VOA.

Tarin Kot is among several Afghan provincial capitals that have faced serious Taliban attacks lately.

US Airstrike Allegedly Kills 8 Afghan Policemen

Originally Posted by misskit

t we are unable to understand why Americans targeted our policemen.”

My belief is the US military have a blase' attitude when it comes to fighting a war where the other side doesn't wear a uniform.

They were "radicalized."

Originally Posted by Arrowman

They were "radicalized."

Who?


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Now hold on, this wasn't the main air strike that was discussed by the BBC today, no, the airstrike that got the news was the First aid convoy in Syria being bombed by aircraft, and nobody has claimed responsibility, but the Russians have been condemned by the U.S.A. for wipeing out a convoy of supplies to its enemies.

Originally Posted by Neverna

Originally Posted by Arrowman

They were "radicalized."

Who?


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The other 1% (Hindus, Sikhs, Zoroastrians) living in Afghanistan ?

Originally Posted by wasabi

Now hold on, this wasn't the main air strike that was discussed by the BBC today, no, the airstrike that got the news was the First aid convoy in Syria being bombed by aircraft, and nobody has claimed responsibility, but the Russians have been condemned by the U.S.A. for wipeing out a convoy of supplies to its enemies.

The Russians have denied responsibility : Russia and Syria deny striking UN aid convoy in Aleppo - News from Al Jazeera

Came at an opportune time to divert attention from this Afghanistan strike and the other strike that killed 62 Syrian army soldiers and wounded over 100: https://www.rt.com/news/359678-us-strikes-syrian-army/