An errant US airstrike confirmed by the Pentagon killed 12 Afghan National Police officers and wounded two others, Helmand provincial police chief Abdul Ghafar Safi said on Saturday.
The death toll in Friday's airstrike was determined after a site inspection of the compound in the Gereshk district, ABC News quoted Safi as saying.
The United States in a statement confirmed that the airstrike on the Security Forces compound happened during a US-supported operation against Taliban insurgents in the area. 
In the statement the US offered its condolences to the families of the security forces who were killed.

Source: Mena