doodle
04-16-2011, 10:46 PM
There was another incidence in news recently where an Afghan policeman had opened fired on NATO troops:
Update, 12 troops, 8 Nato and 4 Afgahn were killed:
Taliban sleeper agent kills 9 at Afghan base
AP
By SOLOMON MOORE, Associated Press Solomon Moore, Associated Press – Sat Apr 16, 4:37 pm ET
KABUL, Afghanistan – Like hundreds of thousands of Afghan men, he volunteered in the national army, ran drills in the mud, carried an automatic rifle, and worked alongside coalition mentors struggling against a hardcore insurgency.
But he was not one of them.
On Saturday, he walked into a meeting of NATO trainers and Afghan troops at Forward Operating Base Gamberi in the eastern province of Laghman and detonated a vest of explosives hidden underneath his uniform.
Five NATO troopers, four Afghan soldiers and an interpreter were killed in the deadliest sleeper agent assault.
Four Afghan soldiers and three interpreters were wounded in Saturday's attack.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing and said the soldier was a sleeper agent who joined the army a month ago, a contention confirmed by an Afghan army official.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110416/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan
8 NATO Soldiers Killed Saturday in Afghanistan
VOA News April 17, 2011
NATO says eight of its service members died in attacks in Afghanistan Saturday, making it one of the deadliest days for NATO troops this year.
Four Afghan soldiers were also killed in the blast.
On Friday, a suicide bomber dressed as a police officer killed the police chief of southern Kandahar province in his own office.
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/afghanistan/8-NATO-Soldiers-Killed-Saturday-in-Afghanistan----120000434.html
Update, 12 troops, 8 Nato and 4 Afgahn were killed:
Taliban sleeper agent kills 9 at Afghan base
AP
By SOLOMON MOORE, Associated Press Solomon Moore, Associated Press – Sat Apr 16, 4:37 pm ET
KABUL, Afghanistan – Like hundreds of thousands of Afghan men, he volunteered in the national army, ran drills in the mud, carried an automatic rifle, and worked alongside coalition mentors struggling against a hardcore insurgency.
But he was not one of them.
On Saturday, he walked into a meeting of NATO trainers and Afghan troops at Forward Operating Base Gamberi in the eastern province of Laghman and detonated a vest of explosives hidden underneath his uniform.
Five NATO troopers, four Afghan soldiers and an interpreter were killed in the deadliest sleeper agent assault.
Four Afghan soldiers and three interpreters were wounded in Saturday's attack.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing and said the soldier was a sleeper agent who joined the army a month ago, a contention confirmed by an Afghan army official.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110416/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan
8 NATO Soldiers Killed Saturday in Afghanistan
VOA News April 17, 2011
NATO says eight of its service members died in attacks in Afghanistan Saturday, making it one of the deadliest days for NATO troops this year.
Four Afghan soldiers were also killed in the blast.
On Friday, a suicide bomber dressed as a police officer killed the police chief of southern Kandahar province in his own office.
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/afghanistan/8-NATO-Soldiers-Killed-Saturday-in-Afghanistan----120000434.html