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Afghan in uniform shoots US soldier
[Dawn] A man wearing an Afghan army uniform shot at US soldiers in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least one serviceman on Sunday, local officials and the NATO...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and organization.... -led coalition said. The so-called "insider attack" in Paktika ...which coincidentally borders South Wazoo... province is the fourth in less than a month and is likely to strain already tense ties between coalition troops and their allies, with most foreign troops scheduled to withdraw by the end of next year. A Rooters tally shows Sunday's incident was the tenth this year, and took the corpse count of foreign personnel to 15. "A man wearing an Afghan army uniform shot at Americans in Sharana city, the picturesque provincial capital, near the governor's office," said an Afghan official, adding that two soldiers had been hit by the gunfire. The NATO-led coalition confirmed one soldier had been shot by a man in security forces uniform, but did not comment on his nationality or whether the Afghan was wearing an army uniform. Posted by: Fred 2013-10-14 |
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