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| Nine Afghan policemen have been killed in a air strike after an apparently mistaken clash with international-led coalition forces, local officials say. | Nine Afghan policemen have been killed in a air strike after an apparently mistaken clash with international-led coalition forces, local officials say. |
| The deputy governor of Farah province, Younus Rasuli, said the foreign troops did not inform police they were coming and were mistaken for enemy fighters. | The deputy governor of Farah province, Younus Rasuli, said the foreign troops did not inform police they were coming and were mistaken for enemy fighters. |
| The two sides fought from midnight until about 4am, until the troops called in the airstrike, he said. | The two sides fought from midnight until about 4am, until the troops called in the airstrike, he said. |
| This is the latest controversial clash involving foreign troops. | |
| It also comes as US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is in the country as part of an overseas tour. | |
| Mr Obama, who wants to increase US troop levels in Afghanistan, was due to meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday. | |
| Series of incidents | |
| Last week, local tribal elders claimed dozens of people, including civilians, died in a Nato-led attack in Herat province, though Nato strongly denied this. | |
| Earlier US forces admitted killing eight civilians in Farah province after they were attacked in Bakwa district. | |
| And on 6 July, more than 50 people from an Afghan wedding party were said to have been killed after being bombed by US aircraft in the eastern province of Nangarhar. | |
| Nato and US coalition officials are investigating the reports of the latest clashes in Farah. |