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To: stockman_scott who wrote (52029)	7/25/2004 4:56:01 PM
From: Skywatcher	Respond to of 89467

U.S. Air Raid Goes Astray, Hurts 8 Afghan Soldiers Reuters Sunday 25 July 2004 Kabul - Eight Afghan soldiers have been wounded in an erroneous aerial bombardment by U.S. forces in central Afghanistan, a Defense Ministry spokesman said on Sunday. Four of the soldiers, all from the newly U.S.-trained Afghan National Army, have returned to duty, said Zahir Azimi. The others were taken to hospital, he said, but gave no word of their condition. The bombing occurred on Tuesday in Deh Rawud district of Uruzgan province, scene of a joint operation by Afghan and U.S.-led troops against guerrillas from the ousted Taliban regime. The U.S. military had earlier said that 10 Taliban fighters were killed in the attack and four Afghan soldiers wounded in the gunbattle with the Taliban. It had no immediate comment on the Defense Ministry report. U.S.-led forces have been involved in a series of so-called "friendly fire" incidents since they invaded Afghanistan in late 2001 in an operation that led to the Taliban's overthrow. In the worst recent one, last December, American raids in southeastern Afghanistan killed 15 children, drawing stern protests from the Afghans and the United Nations. Separately, four Afghan police were hurt on Saturday when a bomb placed in a pressure cooker went off outside a Norwegian aid agency in Maimana, the provincial capital of Faryab province, western sources said. The police were injured while they were checking a first explosion that had damaged the gate of the agency. Afghans said the blasts were aimed at the agency's office and blamed Taliban remnants and their Islamic allies. The Taliban have called for a "jihad" or holy war against aid workers and Afghan and foreign forces based in Afghanistan. Some 900 people have been killed in the country, mostly in the Taliban-led insurgency, since last year. Afghanistan plans to hold its first direct presidential election in October. People are concerned about security in the run-up to the poll because of the growing violence mostly linked to militants and the slow pace of the disarmament of factional forces.