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NATO says four soldiers killed in "insider" attack in Afghan south
Source: Reuters
(Reuters) - Four soldiers fighting with the NATO-led alliance were killed in an attack believed to involve members of the Afghan police in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, the coalition said.
The attack came a day after two British soldiers were shot dead by an Afghan policeman while returning from a patrol in southern Helmand province, one of the strongholds of the Taliban-led insurgency.
The shooting took place in Zabol, a southern province where U.S. forces are based, according to a local official, who said all four soldiers killed were American.
Read more: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/09/16/uk-afghanistan-attack-idUKBRE88F00Z20120916
Article refers to Sunday. This is four additional US forces on top of the two British shot on Saturday mentioned here : http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014231669
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NATO says four soldiers killed in "insider" attack in Afghan south (Original Post)
dipsydoodle
Sep 2012
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KoKo
(84,711 posts)1. It's getting hard to keep track of these numbers and different incidents...
Thanks for the posts...
bemildred
(90,061 posts)2. I think it's every day now, you get a one or two. nt
daleo
(21,317 posts)3. When your allies are as deadly as your enemies
You have to wonder what the point of it all is.