NATO Troops In Afghanistan
JULY 7, (PRINTWORDS NEWS)- Afghan officials have declared that a sudden NATO airstrike has mistakenly killed five Afghan soldiers. Reportedly, the officials said that the soldiers were on patrol in the eastern province of Ghazni when the NATO aircraft started firing at them. Zahir Azimi who happens to be the Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman informed that besides the five soldiers who were killed two more soldiers were injured in the attack. He also pointed out that it is not the first time that the NATO troops have “mistakenly” killed the Afghan soldiers.
NATO spokesman General Josef Blotz have expressed deep regret at the incident and have issued orders for a detailed investigation on the case. On the other hand, English troops are now being withdrawn in the southern region of Afghanistan and shall handover the entire control of the district to United States. Britain has already declared that it shall withdraw a total of 1,000 soldiers from the Sangin district of Helmand province. They shall be replaced by the U.S. forces that have outnumbered them in Afghanistan. Already a total of 312 British soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan.
However, the British Ministry of Defense has refused to make any comment on the substitution. British Defense Secretary Liam Fox shall announce her decision to replace the British troops in Afghanistan on Wednesday. NATO also informed that four of their service members were killed in the attacks in Afghanistan. It was mentioned in the official report that a total of three troops were killed in the southern region while the fourth troop was killed in the eastern part.
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