US friendly air strikes kill scores of Afghan Police Officers

US friendly air strikes kill scores of Afghan Police Officers

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (APP): A US air raid has killed at least eight Afghan policemen in Afghanistan's volatile southern province of Uruzgan, local officials said on Monday.

"The first airstrike killed one policeman. When other policemen came to help, they came under a second air strike, killing seven of them," Rahimullah Khan, Uruzgan highway police commander, told about the raid, which occurred Sunday.