The French newspaper Le Monde reports friendly fire from a NATO aircraft might have been responsible for the killing of ten French soldiers earlier this week in Afghanistan. French soldiers told the paper that after they had been ambushed by Taliban fighters, they called for backup. After a four-hour wait, NATO planes arrived, but they accidentally missed their target and hit the French troops. A NATO official said on Wednesday, “We are aware of the media reports, and therefore we have to look into it.”