By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
A US-led coalition airstrike in eastern Afghanistan hit an Afghan army checkpoint early Wednesday, killing nine soldiers and wounding three, Afghan officials said.
The strike hit a fixed checkpoint in the Sayed Kheil area of Khost province, said Arsallah Jamal, the province's governor.
The US said its forces "may have mistakenly killed and injured" Afghan soldiers in what may have been a case of mistaken identity "on both sides."
"As a Coalition forces convoy was returning from a previous operation, they were involved in multiple engagements," a US statement said. "As a result of the engagements, ANA (Afghan army) soldiers were killed and injured."
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