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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan soldier turned his gun on American troops at a checkpoint in the country's east, killing two Americans and two fellow members of Afghanistan's army in a shooting that marked both the continuance of a disturbing trend of insider attacks and the 2,000th U.S. troop death in the long-running war, officials said Sunday.
Saturday's shooting took place at an Afghan army checkpoint just outside a joint U.S.-Afghan base in Wardak province, said Shahidullah Shahid, a provincial government spokesman. At least two Afghan soldiers died, he said.
"Initial reports indicate that a misunderstanding happened between Afghan army soldiers and American soldiers," Shahid said. He said investigators had been sent to the site to try to figure out what happened. It was not clear if the assailant was killed.
One U.S. official confirmed that the service member killed was American, while another confirmed that the civilian was also American. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the nationality of the dead had not yet been formally announced.
The attacks are taking a toll on the partnership between international and Afghan forces, prompting the U.S. military to restrict operations with small-sized Afghan units earlier this month......snip~
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Thats 50 killed and does not include the Wounded. This time there is conflicting reports on this story. First it was stated that the Afghans came upon the NATO checkpoint and a firefight ensued. Killing the US Contractor and a US servicemen. Now this piece is describing the incident quite differently.
As this was all over the Radio last night. Including that how some of the Afghan Army Higher ups wants us gone and are actually creating a worse relationship to work with them.
Truhtfully, I don't know what to think about it. As like I stated the Radio Stations were a buzz with the Story this Morning. All I know is I am tired of hearing how are guys keep getting shot in the back. Do you think the Afghanis would stop if we found out which Higher up is causing the problem and we remove him from the game permanently. That they would get the message. Thoughts?