U.S. Fires on Taxi, Injuring Local Soldiers
From Times Wire Reports
U.S. soldiers fired on a taxi in Kabul, wounding three officers of the fledgling Afghan national army that American forces have been helping to train. The U.S. military said the police opened fire after their two vehicles were approached by a taxi “driving aggressively.”
Roadside bombs had hit a coalition convoy southwest of Kabul earlier in the day.
Taxi driver Mousa Khan said the U.S. troops had given him no warning.
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