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| Eight Afghan soldiers have been killed and four others hurt in an air strike by Nato-led forces in the eastern part of the country, Afghan officials say. | |
| A senior official said the incident happened when helicopter gunships fired on an Afghan army post in Khost. | A senior official said the incident happened when helicopter gunships fired on an Afghan army post in Khost. |
| The Nato-led international force has not confirmed the incident. | The Nato-led international force has not confirmed the incident. |
| Afghanistan has seen a surge in violence this year and a number of civilians have been killed by international force air strikes. | |
| Khost official Lutfullah Babakarkheil told Reuters news agency that foreign helicopter gunships hit an Afghan army post in Dowa Manda district late on Tuesday. | Khost official Lutfullah Babakarkheil told Reuters news agency that foreign helicopter gunships hit an Afghan army post in Dowa Manda district late on Tuesday. |
| Col Greg Julian, the chief spokesman for US troops in Afghanistan, told the Associated Press news agency there had been an incident, but gave no further details. | |
| He said US and Afghan defence officials were meeting to discuss events. US and Afghan troops have recently been conducting operations in the region, AP reported. | |
| Afghan military casualties are rarer than civilian deaths, but several troops have died in 2008 in mistaken attacks by coalition forces. | |
| Earlier this year the US, Afghan government and the UN began a joint investigation to establish the truth about reports that 91 civilians were killed in an air strike on a village in western Afghanistan. |