{"id":42460,"date":"2019-03-13T20:11:43","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T20:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/03\/13\/us-aircraft-strike-afghan-checkpoint-after-possible-friendly-fire-incident\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:48:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:48:13","slug":"us-aircraft-strike-afghan-checkpoint-after-possible-friendly-fire-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2019\/03\/13\/us-aircraft-strike-afghan-checkpoint-after-possible-friendly-fire-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"US aircraft strike Afghan checkpoint after possible friendly fire incident"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">American forces conducted an airstrike near an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/12\/21\/a-blow-to-morale-afghan-generals-worry-about-us-withdrawal\/\" target=_blank>Afghan National Army<\/a> checkpoint Wednesday after the Afghan forces manning the post fired on a joint <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2017\/10\/05\/large-taliban-convoy-moves-through-afghanistan-unopposed\/\" target=_blank>U.S. and Afghan force convoy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No Americans were reported killed in the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe U.S. conducted precision <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/2018\/08\/28\/us-airstrikes-in-afghanistan-continue-to-climb-this-month-highest-in-a-decade\/\" target=_blank>self-defense air strikes<\/a> on people firing on Afghan and American forces conducting a ground movement near an ANA check point in Tarin Kot in Uruzgan province on Wednesday,\u201d said Army Lt. Ubon Mendie, a spokesman for U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, in an email to Military Times. \u201cThe strikes were conducted after Afghan and U.S. forces came under effective small-arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire and requested air support in self-defense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mendie said that the Afghan and U.S. forces attempted to de-escalate the situation but continued to receive fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are operating in a complex environment where enemy fighters do not wear uniforms and use stolen military vehicles to attack government forces,&#8221; Mendie added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Afghanistan\u2019s ministry of defense said in a statement: \u201cUnfortunately due to misunderstanding a coalition strike in self defense hit a check point.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a result, five ANA soldiers were killed and another 10 were wounded, the Afghan ministry said, adding that 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