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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/nato-air-strike-kills-policemen.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Three Afghan policemen were accidently killed in a Nato air strike" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/min-nato-air-strike-kills-policemen.jpg" alt="Three Afghan policemen were accidently killed in a Nato air strike"/></a></p>
<p>A Nato air strike has accidentally killed three Afghan policemen, threatening new friction between the force and a government struggling to find stability.</p>
<p>It was at least the fourth incident in a month in which coalition troops mistakenly killed civilians or friendly forces.</p>
<p>Afghan President Hamid Karzai has repeatedly complained about civilian deaths in Nato operations as the coalition tries to stamp out the persistent Taliban insurgency.</p>
<p>The strike came when US special forces were hunting Taliban fighters who had just carried out an attack in central Daykundi province.</p>
<p>The police killed in the strike were apparently mistaken for the insurgents.</p>
<p>Nato said a team on the ground called in air support after seeing &#8220;nine armed individuals setting up what appeared to be an ambush position&#8221;. The men later turned out to be Afghan police, it said.</p>
<p>The coalition said it is investigating an apparent case of friendly fire.</p>
<p>On December 24, troops with the coalition killed two private security guards during a raid on what turned out to be a company compound after receiving intelligence that insurgents were planning an attack on the US embassy.</p>
<p>A day earlier, a Nato helicopter hunting for suspected militants opened fire on a convoy of cars heading to an event hosted by the head of a local council, killing a police officer and the brother of a former lawmaker. Earlier that week, a clash between Nato forces and insurgents left five civilians dead in Helmand.</p>
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