{"id":15351,"date":"2018-08-08T16:59:40","date_gmt":"2018-08-08T16:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/08\/08\/officials-deny-that-a-us-airstrike-killed-afghan-police-officers\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:25:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:25:39","slug":"officials-deny-that-a-us-airstrike-killed-afghan-police-officers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/08\/08\/officials-deny-that-a-us-airstrike-killed-afghan-police-officers\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials deny that a US airstrike killed Afghan police officers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. officials denied reports that an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/07\/23\/us-strikes-continue-an-upward-trend-in-afghanistan\/\" target=_blank>American airstrike<\/a> killed roughly a dozen Afghan police officers this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFollowing a review of footage from the strike conducted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2017\/08\/30\/pentagon-11000-us-forces-are-serving-in-afghanistan\/\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Forces-Afghanistan<\/a> in support of Afghan operations and in defense of Afghan forces in Azrah district, Logar province, Aug. 7, we have determined that no Afghan security force members were killed,\u201d Lt. 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Martin O\u2019Donnell, a spokesman for U.S. forces in the country, told Air Force Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several news outlets cited locals and provincial officials who said that a mix of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2017\/09\/21\/us-military-officers-relied-on-tv-cop-shows-to-train-afghan-police\/\" target=_blank>Afghan police officers<\/a> and pro-government militia members were killed when the U.S. airstrike mistakenly targeted an Afghan police outpost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The airstrike had been called in to help prevent the Azrah district center from being overrun by reportedly hundreds of armed Taliban fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe footage clearly depicts an attack on an Afghan security force observation post by a group of fighting-aged males using multiple heavy weapons and tactics, techniques and procedures employed by the Taliban from an open position on a ridgeline above the observation post,\u201d O\u2019Donnell said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBoth the enemy and friendly locations were verified and cleared by Afghan security forces on the ground, through the regional coordination center, which is located with the 203rd Corps operations center, prior to the strike,&#8221; he added. \u201cOur determination is also supported by first-hand accounts from Afghan security force leaders and members present during the incident, who confirmed those firing upon them were Taliban members.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/26\/how-the-us-dropped-more-munitions-in-afghanistan-this-year-than-it-has-since-the-height-of-the-war\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4175598.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">How the US dropped more munitions in Afghanistan this year than it has since the height of the war<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">U.S. Forces-Afghanistan (USFOR-A) has dropped more munitions in the first three months of this year than during the same time period in 2011 \u2014 a time widely considered the height of the war in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before the U.S. aircraft arrived overhead, the battle had already been raging for 10 days, two provincial council members told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/news\/us-airstrike-mistakenly-kills-afghan-security-forces-local-officials-say-1.541384\" target=_blank>Stars and Stripes<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut sadly, when the foreign forces\u2019 helicopters arrived, their bombs hit them instead of the enemy,\u201d one council member said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, U.S. officials don\u2019t believe that statement is accurate, because neither U.S. nor Afghan government helicopters showed up to the battle, according to their narrative of the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo helicopters were involved, Afghan or otherwise, which speaks to the credibility, or lack thereof, of such misrepresentative claims,\u201d O\u2019Donnell said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another council member reported that before the airstrike, eight policemen and two civilians had already been killed during the fighting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Azrah district lies near Pakistan\u2019s border, 50 miles south of Kabul. The district was last listed as Taliban-controlled, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.longwarjournal.org\/mapping-taliban-control-in-afghanistan\" target=\"_blank\">FDD\u2019s Long War Journal<\/a>, which notes that the \u201cthe Taliban control all but four villages in this district.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. and Afghan aircraft have stepped up their airstrikes this year in an effort to drive the Taliban to the negotiating table. Frequently, Afghan A-29 light attack aircraft and MD-530 helicopters conduct airstrikes on behalf of Afghan ground troops. 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