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Afghan police: US-led Airstrike Killed Afghan Soldiers
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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/316/afghan_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Afghan police: US-led Airstrike Killed Afghan Soldiers' data-article-id='632'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10688'>Police in Afghanistan say American helicopters mistakenly attacked an Afghan security position Monday morning. </span> <span data-start-time='10688' data-end-time='17417'>At least eight Afghan soldiers were reported killed and several others wounded.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='17417' data-end-time='25479'>The attack happened in Logar province, 50 kilometers east of the capital, Kabul.</span> <span data-start-time='25479' data-end-time='38750'>The provincial police chief told reporters that the correct target was about a kilometer away, in the same area as the Afghan security position.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/316/aghan_image.png'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=3416 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/316/what_does_mistakenly_mean.m4a'>What does mistakenly mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='accidentally'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/316/to_express_regret.m4a'><span>to express regret</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/316/accidentally.m4a'><span>accidentally</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/316/an_agreement.m4a'><span>an agreement</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/316/ties_between_nations.m4a'><span>ties between nations</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=3417 data-hint-location='25479' 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style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/316/american_helicopters__blank__attacked_an_afghan_security_position.m4a'>American helicopters <span class='blank'>mistakenly</span> attacked an Afghan security position.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='mistakenly'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/316/mistakenly.m4a'><span>mistakenly</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/316/counter.m4a'><span>counter</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/316/surprise.m4a'><span>surprise</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/316/brutally.m4a'><span>brutally</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button 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Police in Afghanistan say American helicopters mistakenly attacked an Afghan security position Monday morning. At least eight Afghan soldiers were reported killed and several others wounded.
The attack happened in Logar province, 50 kilometers east of the capital, Kabul. The provincial police chief told reporters that the correct target was about a kilometer away, in the same area as the Afghan security position.
What does mistakenly mean?
to express regret
accidentally
an agreement
ties between nations
What was in the same area as the security position?
the embassy
a military base
the correct target
a school
American helicopters mistakenly attacked an Afghan security position.
mistakenly
counter
surprise
brutally
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