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A 'friendly fire' incident left five U.S. Special Operations forces and one Afghan soldier dead on Monday in one of the deadliest incidents in the US-Afghan war since a helicopter crashed in December.
"Investigators are looking into the likelihood that friendly fire was the cause," said Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby in a press conference.
The accident took place as U.S. and Afghan troops were patrolling the Arghandab district, a Taliban stronghold in Zabul province on Monday night, the Washington Post reported.
After the mission came to an end, the soldiers were ambushed by a group of Taliban fighters as they waited to be picked up by helicopter. The U.S. troops called in an air strike.
A B-1B bomber soon arrived and dropped bombs in the area, killing five American service members and one Afghan soldier. There were no Taliban casualties in the airstrike.
The Taliban has released a statement confirming that they were involved in the ambush.
The Pentagon has launched an investigation into the incident.
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