Oops.... I guess we should have called ahead...

How many of these blunders have we done... wedding parties, family gatherings, camels getting water, Afghani policemen....

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghan police mistook U.S. troops on a nighttime mission for Taliban fighters and opened fire on them early Tuesday, prompting U.S. forces to return fire and call in attack aircraft. Seven Afghan police were killed.

Gunmen on motorbikes, meanwhile, killed two schoolgirls Tuesday in central Afghanistan, as U.S.-led coalition and Afghan troops killed more than 24 suspected Taliban fighters during a battle in the south on Monday, officials said.

President Hamid Karzai's spokesman said the deaths of the Afghan police were "a tragic incident" caused by a lack of communication.

"The police forces were not aware of the coalition's operation," said spokesman Karim Rahimi. "The police checkpoint in the area thought that they were the enemy, so police opened fire on the coalition, and then the coalition thought that the enemies were firing on them, so they returned fire back.

Oh, well. We killed 24 suspected Taliban. That should help.

Hearts and minds....