Four Afghan policemen and a civilian have been killed in a NATO air strike, Afghan officials say, according to BBC News.
The air strike took place in eastern Ghazni province, where NATO planes had been called in for support.
A spokesman for the provincial governor told the BBC the policemen were in civilian clothes and may have been mistaken for Taliban fighters.
NATO is investigating the incident. The death of civilians in air strikes has become a highly sensitive issue. The latest incident happened after a Taliban attack on a local police post before dawn.
Coalition forces have been fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan for 11 years. Some 100,000 foreign combat troops are schedule to withdraw from Afghanistan next year.
