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Afghan ministry: NATO strike kills Afghan forces

November 7, 2009 By The Associated Press DEB RIECHMANN (Associated Press Writer)

KABUL (AP) — U.S. and Afghan authorities investigated Saturday whether a botched NATO airstrike was to blame for the death of Afghan soldiers and police during a search for two American paratroopers missing in a Taliban-infested area of the country's west.

The probe into a possible friendly fire incident further aggravates already strained relations between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and...

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