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Afghanistan

Shooting at Afghan army base kills four soldiers

2007-07-10

An Afghan soldier opened fire in his barracks on Monday, killing four of his fellow troopers, a spokeswoman for the provincial governor said.
A US spokesman reported that US-led coalition forces and Afghan troops killed a Taliban leader, adding that two children were caught in the crossfire, while Taliban fighters ambushed a police patrol over the weekend, and the subsequent battle left six police and 12 militants dead, said Kandahar provincial police chief Sayed Agha Saqib. Farzana Ahmadi said authorities had arrested one soldier and suspected he had links with guerrillas fighting the government and foreign troops stationed in Afghanistan. Four soldiers were killed in the shooting and authorities say probably the soldier who fired had links with government opponents, she said.

During the raid of the home in eastern Paktia province, suspected militants fired guns and rocket-propelled grenades at the coalition and Afghan troops, forcing the soldiers to return fire. Two children were killed in the exchange, said Major Donald Korpi. The midlevel leader killed in the raid was identified as Commander Saleem, whom the US accused of having attacked Afghan and foreign troops.
In Kandahar province, Taliban fighters ambushed police traveling in between Ghorak and Mawiwand on Saturday, sparking a six-hour battle, Saqib said. Elsewhere in Kandahar province, Taliban fighters beheaded two civilians they accused of being spies for the government or NATO, Saqib said.
In the east, insurgents fired mortars at a village in Kunar province, killing a boy and wounding eight other people, including five NATO soldiers, a NATO statement said on Monday. Also on Monday, a bomb attached to a bicycle detonated near the Turkish consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif, wounding three civilians, including one child, an official and witnesses said.

Posted by:Fred

#1 Update on the first item:

KABUL (Reuters) - A soldier from the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan died of gunshot wounds he received when a suspected Taliban insurgent who had infiltrated Afghan army ranks opened fire on troops at a base in the west of the country.

The U.S. military said on Tuesday the soldier died late on Monday after the incident at the Afghan army base in the western city of Herat earlier in the day.

The U.S. military statement did not give the nationality of the dead man, but local government officials said on Monday two U.S. soldiers were wounded in the attack. Four Afghan soldiers were killed immediately and 10 more wounded in the incident, the officials said.

They said one man was detained and suspected of having links with Taliban insurgents. Other Afghan officials said the incident was due to a personal dispute.The U.S. military said an investigation into the incident was underway.

Posted by: tu3031 2007-07-10 09:23

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