In news from Afghanistan, the U.S. military is denying reports by Afghan officials that an airstrike by U.S.-led coalition forces has killed 11 Afghan police in a so-called friendly fire incident in the southern Helmand province. Meanwhile, unnamed military officials have told The New York Times that Germany and Sweden have been working with the United States to decide who is targeted by U.S. drone strikes in Afghanistan. Both countries have denied that they are involved in the so-called kill decisions. One official told The New York Times that at the coalition headquarters in Kabul, officials from the three countries would watch video screen monitors of targets and decide whether to strike by “giving thumbs up or down, like gladiators in a stadium.”