The early morning assault in Baraki Barak locale of Logar area comes as coalition strengths expand air strikes on potential aggressor focuses regardless of the drawdown of NATO powers following 13 years of war.
The besieging comes after a comparative NATO air strike in the territory in December executed five regular folks and injured six others.
"At 6:00 am (0130 GMT) today, two US helicopters assaulted a checkpoint in Baraki Barak," locale representative Mohammad Rahim Amin told AFP.
"The checkpoint burst into flames... furthermore, 10 Afghan armed force officers were murdered," he included, amending down his prior toll of 14.
Non military personnel and military passings in coalition airstrikes have been a standout amongst the most emotive and prominent issues of the 13-year Afghan war, regularly inciting fierceness from the administration.
An American military authority said he was "mindful of an episode including US constrains in Logar territory toward the beginning of today".
"This episode is under scrutiny," he included.
Logar's representative police boss, Mohammad Wara, affirmed the strike and said 10 Afghan troopers were slaughtered and four others were injured.
Amin said the focused on station was "not a suspicious territory".
"The Afghan banner was waving at the checkpoint in Baraki Barak when the Americans dispatched their assault," he said.
US-drove NATO powers finished their battle mission in Afghanistan in December, leaving neighborhood strengths to fight the Taliban alone, however a leftover power stays for preparing and counter-terrorism operations.
In spite of the drawdown, the US did 106 military air strikes in June, a sharp bounce contrasted with the earlier month when it completed 41 strikes.
However, that figure is still fundamentally lower than earlier years.
A year ago it did 2,363 air strikes contrasted with a sum of 305 assaults in the initial six months of this current year, as indicated by military measurements.
Surging losses
Monday's occurrence comes as Taliban agitators venture up assaults on government and remote focuses amid their late spring hostile regardless of authority endeavors to kick off peace talks.
Afghan authorities sat down with Taliban units this month in Murree, a vacationer town in the slopes north of Islamabad, Pakistan, for their first up close and personal talks went for completion the ridiculous revolt.
They consented to meet again in the impending weeks, drawing commendation from Islamabad, Beijing, Washington and the United Countries.
While "inviting flame" occurrences including remote coalition powers are a profoundly petulant issue in Afghanistan, UN measurements demonstrate that the Taliban are in charge of most passings.
Regular folks frequently succumb to such assaults, with right around 1,000 Afghan regular people killed amid the initial four months of the year, as per the UN mission in Afghanistan.
President Ashraf Ghani's administration has attracted feedback for neglecting to end developing guerilla assaults, which commentators halfway fault on the extended defer in the arrangement of a resistance priest.
The critical post has not been filled following Ghani came to power last September.
Outside strengths are themselves known not succumb to "benevolent flame" episodes.
A NATO airstrike murdered five US troops and an Afghan warrior in a mishap amid goes against extremists.
The episode could have been stayed away from if American strengths had conveyed legitimately and comprehended their airplane's capacities, military examiners later said.
Afghan warriors are likewise now and then rebuked for such episodes.
In January, Afghan warriors unintentionally let go mortars at a wedding gathering that murdered 17 ladies and youngsters in the southern territory of Helmand.