Famed for their trademark macho outfits, including a policeman's uniform, a red Indian, and a construction worker, Village People - named in tribute to the New York's Greenwich Village gay district - launched themselves on the disco world in the late 1970s.

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Afghan officials had said the British patrol had shot dead an off-duty Afghan policeman who was not in uniform but was carrying a weapon as he washed in a stream - mistaking him for an insurgent.

BBC: Cpl David O'Connor, Cpl Channing Day

An Afghan man believed to be a policeman, who was not wearing uniform at the time, also died in the incident in the Nahr-e Saraj area, the MoD said.

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