A NATO airstrike killed one public order policeman and injured another in Dashti Archi district of northern Kunduz province, an official said Saturday.
A well-placed source in the district told Pajhwok Afghan News the airstrike was carried out after Afghan commando forces informed the foreign forces about a gunfire incident in the district bazaar on Friday.
The NATO forces then bombed three posts, which were being vacated by the public order police personnel after being informed of a possible Taliban attack, the source said.
But the airstrike came before they had fully vacated the posts, killing one and wounding another police personnel. Some weapons and equipment at the posts were also destroyed in the airstrike.
But Salim Jawed, spokesman for the northern zone public order police, said no airstrike had happened and the casualties resulted from a brief clash between the public order police and commando forces.
He confirmed one public order policeman was killed and another wounded in the incident.
Foreign forces have so far not commented on the incident.
Foreign forces bomb 3 Afghan police posts
An Afghan Local Police (ALP) personnel mans the Surech check post in Kush Kunar district, situated in the province of Nangarhar on April 7, 2013. US-led coalition forces are winding down their operations before a scheduled withdrawal of the bulk of their 100,000 troops by the end of 2014, and racing to prepare Afghan forces to take over responsibility for security. AFP PHOTO/Manjunath KIRAN (Photo credit should read Manjunath Kiran/AFP/Getty Images)