Afghan police: Nato bombs private guards, kills five
KABUL: Nato troops clashed Tuesday with private security guards who were apparently escorting a supply convoy for international troops, sparking a firefight in which the alliance called an air strike that killed at least five of the guards, Afghan police said.
Nato confirmed that an air strike was called in by a convoy involved in a firefight in Ghazni province in eastern Afghanistan, but it said initial reports suggested the strike was on insurgents. The international coalition said it could not yet confirm anything more about the incident in the province’s Gelan district. "The convoy called for and received close air support. We are still assessing the results from the engagement,” a Nato statement said. Afghan officials said there were no insurgents involved in the conflict, which started sometime after dawn.