ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan
2011-02-S-024
For Immediate Release
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KABUL, Afghanistan (Feb. 3, 2011) – The International Security Assistance Force is currently assessing an incident in Lashkar Ghar district, Helmand province, in which two Afghan civilians were accidentally killed and one injured.

According to initial reports an ISAF unit received small-arms fire, while transiting between two forward operating bases. The unit returned fire at a van which they believed was part of the attack.

Following the engagement, ISAF forces found two dead civilians and one wounded civilian in the van. The wounded civilian was evacuated to an ISAF medical facility.

 ISAF is looking into the incident.