A NATO air strike in Afghanistan has killed five US soldiers in an apparent "friendly fire" accident during clashes with insurgents, as troops try to ensure security for the presidential election.
Local police and the Afghan army said that the US troops, as well as one Afghan soldier, were killed in the restive province of Zabul when air support was unleashed to try to beat back Taliban fighters.
Friendly fire incidents have been rare in Afghanistan in recent years, though five Afghan soldiers were killed in a NATO air strike in the eastern province of Logar in March.
"Five American troops were killed yesterday during a security operation in southern Afghanistan," Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby said in Washington on Tuesday.
"Investigators are looking into the likelihood that friendly fire was the cause."
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