Monday, May 21, 2012
2 NATO soldiers killed in Afghan shooting
KABUL (AFP) - Two foreign soldiers and a security guard were killed in a shooting in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, sparking an investigation, the NATO-led force said.
NATOs International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said it was probing the incident, but did not give any further details or reveal the nationalities of the victims. Violence between coalition forces and security guards or Afghan forces is relatively rare, but not unheard of.
Last November, an Afghan border policeman in eastern Nangarhar province killed six US soldiers before being gunned down by others. And in July, an Afghan soldier killed three British service members in southern Helmand province with gunfire and a rocket-propelled grenade before fleeing the base.
NATOs International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said it was probing the incident, but did not give any further details or reveal the nationalities of the victims. Violence between coalition forces and security guards or Afghan forces is relatively rare, but not unheard of.
Last November, an Afghan border policeman in eastern Nangarhar province killed six US soldiers before being gunned down by others. And in July, an Afghan soldier killed three British service members in southern Helmand province with gunfire and a rocket-propelled grenade before fleeing the base.
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