In Afghanistan, the soldiers of the coalition forces mistakenly shot three police officers

Three Afghan policemen were killed when the soldiers of the coalition forces mistakenly fired at their car.

The coalition troops on Tuesday fired at the vehicle without identification marks at the checkpoint in the eastern province of Kunar, said the representative of the coalition forces Colonel Tom Collins. The car, not slowing down, headed towards the checkpoint. "The soldiers considered that the car was dangerous, and were forced to open fire on it," Tom Collins said. He added that the police, armed with missile launchers, were in civilian clothes.

The colonel said that the coalition forces regret the incident, in which three police officers were also injured. The province of the province said that the Americans should apologize for the incident, BBC reports.

Incidents of "friendly fire" (shelling by allies) are relatively rare in Afghanistan.