WASHINGTON: US-led coalition forces appear to have been responsible for air strikes that mistakenly killed several Iraqi soldiers, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Saturday.

The strike appears to have been “a mistake that involved both sides,” Carter told reporters, adding that he had called Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to express condolences.

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