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Afghan soldier kills US-led soldier
Mon May 30, 2011 12:52PM
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NATO says an Afghan man wearing an army uniform has shot and killed a US-led foreign soldier and injured a number of others in the country's troubled south.
The US-led military alliance has not disclosed the nationality of the dead soldier.
Local officials confirmed that the man was an Afghan soldier.
Earlier on the day, four US-led troops were killed in a roadside bomb attack in the eastern Wardak Province.
Taliban militants have claimed responsibility for the attack.
Official figures show at least 2,491 foreign soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since the US invasion of the country in 2001.
Violence in Afghanistan is on the rise as militants ramped up their long-expected spring offensive.
The security situation has steadily worsened across Afghanistan over the past few years despite the presence of around 150,000 US led foreign troops in the country.
JR/HGH/MMN
Mon May 30, 2011 12:52PM
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NATO says an Afghan man wearing an army uniform has shot and killed a US-led foreign soldier and injured a number of others in the country's troubled south. The US-led military alliance has not disclosed the nationality of the dead soldier.
Local officials confirmed that the man was an Afghan soldier.
Earlier on the day, four US-led troops were killed in a roadside bomb attack in the eastern Wardak Province.
Taliban militants have claimed responsibility for the attack.
Official figures show at least 2,491 foreign soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since the US invasion of the country in 2001.
Violence in Afghanistan is on the rise as militants ramped up their long-expected spring offensive.
The security situation has steadily worsened across Afghanistan over the past few years despite the presence of around 150,000 US led foreign troops in the country.
JR/HGH/MMN