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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/nato-hit-kills-two-in-afghanistan.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Two people have been killed in an air strike by a Nato helicopter in northern Afghanistan" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-nato-hit-kills-two-in-afghanistan.jpg" alt="Two people have been killed in an air strike by a Nato helicopter in northern Afghanistan"/></a></p>
<p>A Nato helicopter has opened fire on a convoy of cars heading to an event hosted by the head of a local council in northern Afghanistan, killing a police officer and the brother of a politician.</p>
<p>The chief of police, the governor and the head of the provincial council of Faryab province all said the helicopter strafed one car in the convoy, killing a policeman and Mohammad Aminuddin, the brother of former parliament member Sarajuddin Mozafari.</p>
<p>Police chief Khalil Andarabi said two policemen and a civilian were also wounded in the strike.</p>
<p>Nato said it is investigating &#8220;the inadvertent death of two individuals and the wounding of two others&#8221; in an operation it had conducted in Faryab in an attempt to intercept suspected insurgents. It did not mention whether the operation involved helicopters.</p>
<p>&#8220;While we take extraordinary care in conducting operations to avoid civilian casualties, unfortunately in this instance it appears innocent men were mistakenly targeted,&#8221; US Air Force Colonel James Dawkins said in a coalition statement, adding that &#8220;we deeply regret this incident&#8221;.</p>
<p>The strike in Faryab occurred on the main road about three miles outside the provincial capital, Maimana, as a convoy of cars headed to a lunch hosted by the head of a local council, according to Faryab governor Abdul Haq Shafaq and the other officials involved.</p>
<p>Mr Shafaq, who had been among the guests, said he had just driven by the area when he heard the helicopter firing and turned back.</p>
<p>&#8220;I myself helped with the body and the injured,&#8221; he said. He claimed three helicopters had been flying over the convoy, and one of them then landed and evacuated two of the injured.</p>
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