In a story on April 4, 2013, Radio Free Europe has reported, NATO Air Strike Kills Afghan Police, Civilians. Afghan officials have said a NATO air strike has killed at least four Afghan police officers and two civilians. This incident reportedly took place on the evening of April 3 in Ghazni Province, which is located in country's volatile southeast.
Fazal Ahmad, who is the district governor of Deh-Yak, where the incident is said to have occurred, has said that a group of local police officers were patrolling the village of Sulaimanzai when they were attacked by NATO warplanes. Ahmad has been quoted by the AFP news agency as saying NATO air strikes were called in after militants attacked a police post located in Deh-Yak on April 3. NATO has not confirmed whether the alliance had conducted an air strike in Ghazni, but has said it was investigating the incident.
Al Jazeera has reported, NATO strike kills civilians in Afghanistan. Afghan officials have confirmed that a NATO air strike has killed four Afghan police and two civilians in the central-east Ghazni province. A spokesman representing the US-led NATO force in Kabul has told the AFP news agency that the military was checking the information. Fazul Ahmad Tolwak, chief of Ghazni's Deh Yak district, told AFP, "The NATO planes went there to assist the police, but the post was bombed and four police were killed. Two civilians present were also killed."
