Talking Points Memo | Foreign airstrike kills 9 Afghan police-official

Talking Points Memo | Foreign airstrike kills 9 Afghan police-official: "HERAT"Afghanistan, July 20 (Reuters) - A foreign airstrike killed nine Afghan policemen in western Afghanistan overnight after a clash in which both sides mistook the other for Taliban militants, Afghan officials said on Sunday.The incident is certain to reinforce Afghan perceptions that international troops do not take enough care to avoid hurting innocents and comes after a string of mistakes that Afghan officials say killed dozens of civilians.Clashes broke out between Afghan police and international troops in the Anar Dara district of Farah province, with both sides thinking the other were Taliban militants, the deputy provincial governor Mohammad Younus Rasuli said."Apart from the nine police who were killed, three other of them have gone missing.... [read full story]