Int'l forces kill Pres. Karzai's associate
Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:34:49 GMT
More than 70,000 US-led soldiers are stationed in Afghanistan. US-led international forces have shot dead a close associate of the Afghan President Hamid Karzai after mistaking him for Taliban militants.
"The governor of Chora district [in the southern province of Uruzgan] Rozi Khan and two of his men were shot dead late Wednesday as they were going to help a friend who believed Taliban fighters had surrounded his home," Uruzgan police commander Gulab Khan said Thursday.
"The men outside the friend's home were international forces, who in turn mistook Khan and his associates for Taliban attackers," Khan added.
Meanwhile, President Karzai expressed sorrow in a statement over the killing, and said the district chief had been his close associate.
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More than 70,000 US-led soldiers are stationed in Afghanistan. US-led international forces have shot dead a close associate of the Afghan President Hamid Karzai after mistaking him for Taliban militants.
"The governor of Chora district [in the southern province of Uruzgan] Rozi Khan and two of his men were shot dead late Wednesday as they were going to help a friend who believed Taliban fighters had surrounded his home," Uruzgan police commander Gulab Khan said Thursday.
"The men outside the friend's home were international forces, who in turn mistook Khan and his associates for Taliban attackers," Khan added.
Meanwhile, President Karzai expressed sorrow in a statement over the killing, and said the district chief had been his close associate.
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