In news from Afghanistan, the Washington Post has shed new light on the death of Pat Tillman, the former NFL football player who went to Afghanistan to fight. Tillman was killed by fellow US troops last year but the Army issued a distorted and incomplete account of the events to make it appear that he was killed while fighting Afghan forces. Post reporter Steve Coll writes, “Tillman died unnecessarily after botched communications, a mistaken decision … and negligent shooting.”