By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
A soldier with the NATO-led force in Afghanistan shot and killed an Afghan policeman in a car that was driving toward a NATO patrol at high speed.
Soldiers warned the approaching vehicle with hand signals, a mini flare and warning shots, but it continued its approach toward the convoy, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said in a statement Sunday.
Troops opened fire at the car, mortally wounding a passenger who officials later discovered was an Afghan police officer.
The incident happened Saturday in Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital of Helmand province.
"This was an unfortunate incident but I do not blame the foreign forces," said Helmand's police chief Col. Asadullah Sherzad.
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