Afghan policeman kills 2 US soldiers
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August 18, 2012, Saturday
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A NEWLY recruited Afghan village policeman opened fire on his American allies yesterday, killing two US service members minutes after they handed him his official weapon in an inauguration ceremony.
Later yesterday, an Afghan soldier turned his gun on foreign troops in another part of the country and wounded two of them, a spokesman for the NATO coalition said.
The attacks brought to seven the number of times that a member of the Afghan security forces has opened fire on international forces in the past two weeks.
Such assaults by allies, unheard of just a few years ago, have recently escalated, killing at least 36 foreign troops so far this year. Yesterday's deadly attacker in the far western province of Farah was named as Mohammad Ismail, a man in his 30s who joined the Afghan local police five days ago.
He opened fire during an inauguration ceremony attended by American and Afghan forces in the Kinisk village, the Farah provincial police chief Agha Noor Kemtoz said.
"As soon as they gave the weapon to Ismail to begin training, suddenly he took the gun and opened fire toward the US soldiers," Kemtoz said.
Ismail was shot and killed as the coalition and Afghan forces returned fire, Kemtoz said.
Kemtoz said the attack took place after the US forces arrived in the village to train the local police. He said one Afghan National Police officer was also seriously wounded in the shooting.
Later yesterday, an Afghan soldier fired on coalition troops in the southern province of Kandahar. Two of the troops were wounded but none was killed. The soldier was shot and died later of his wounds.
Later yesterday, an Afghan soldier turned his gun on foreign troops in another part of the country and wounded two of them, a spokesman for the NATO coalition said.
The attacks brought to seven the number of times that a member of the Afghan security forces has opened fire on international forces in the past two weeks.
Such assaults by allies, unheard of just a few years ago, have recently escalated, killing at least 36 foreign troops so far this year. Yesterday's deadly attacker in the far western province of Farah was named as Mohammad Ismail, a man in his 30s who joined the Afghan local police five days ago.
He opened fire during an inauguration ceremony attended by American and Afghan forces in the Kinisk village, the Farah provincial police chief Agha Noor Kemtoz said.
"As soon as they gave the weapon to Ismail to begin training, suddenly he took the gun and opened fire toward the US soldiers," Kemtoz said.
Ismail was shot and killed as the coalition and Afghan forces returned fire, Kemtoz said.
Kemtoz said the attack took place after the US forces arrived in the village to train the local police. He said one Afghan National Police officer was also seriously wounded in the shooting.
Later yesterday, an Afghan soldier fired on coalition troops in the southern province of Kandahar. Two of the troops were wounded but none was killed. The soldier was shot and died later of his wounds.
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