Abdul Haq Shafaq said he was driving on the same road in his official convoy when the car came under attack from a NATO helicopter, around five kilometres (three miles) outside the provincial capital, Maymana.

"We were on the same road. Five cars were coming from the opposite direction. All of a sudden we saw a NATO helicopter firing at one of those cars. A police officer and the brother of a politician were killed," Shafaq said.

A spokeswoman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said in response: "We've heard the claim and we're looking into it at the moment".

Three other people -- two other police officers and a civilian -- were injured in the attack, Shafaq said.

He condemned what he said "was a brutal act with no reason" and said he had launched an investigation into the incident, which he said happened around 11:00am (0630 GMT).

There have been a series of mistaken attacks by NATO-led forces in recent weeks, including the deaths of five civilians in a firefight involving coalition troops Tuesday and those of four Afghan soldiers in an accidental airstrike last week.

Both incidents were in southern Afghanistan, the heart of the nine-year Taliban insurgency which international troops are battling across the troubled country.

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