Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Afghan soldier kills US trainers in shooting exercise

Afghan soldier kills US trainers in shooting exercise


By Agence France-Presse
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
KABUL — An Afghan soldier opened fire at a training exercise in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing two US civilian trainers and a fellow Afghan soldier in the second similar shootout in just a week.

The shooting raised further questions about the quality of the fledgling Afghan army as the international community endorsed a roadmap for President Hamid Karzai for Afghanistan to take security responsibility by 2014.

NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said it was investigating whether the gunman, believed to have been an army trainer, turned his gun on his comrades in a deliberate attack or by accident during the basic training exercise.

The shooter also died.
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Afghan soldier kills US trainers in shooting exercise

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