3 US troops killed by man in Afghan uniform
By KAY JOHNSON | Associated Press â 3 hrs ago
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) â A man in an Afghan uniform shot and killed three American troops Friday morning in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military command said, in the third attack on coalition forces by their Afghan counterparts in a week. The Taliban claimed the shooter joined the insurgency after the attack.
American special forces soldiers had been invited to break the Ramadan fast at a house in the Sarwan Qala area by a police commander called Assadullah.
During the meal they came under fire.
"During dinner, the police commander and his colleagues shot them and then fled. The commander was Afghan National Police in charge of local police in Sangin," a senior Afghan official told the Reuters news agency.
http://news.yahoo.com/3-us-troops-killed-man-afghan-uniform-122209258.html
They were tricked and ambushed.
By KAY JOHNSON | Associated Press â 3 hrs ago
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) â A man in an Afghan uniform shot and killed three American troops Friday morning in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military command said, in the third attack on coalition forces by their Afghan counterparts in a week. The Taliban claimed the shooter joined the insurgency after the attack.
American special forces soldiers had been invited to break the Ramadan fast at a house in the Sarwan Qala area by a police commander called Assadullah.
During the meal they came under fire.
"During dinner, the police commander and his colleagues shot them and then fled. The commander was Afghan National Police in charge of local police in Sangin," a senior Afghan official told the Reuters news agency.
http://news.yahoo.com/3-us-troops-killed-man-afghan-uniform-122209258.html
They were tricked and ambushed.
