Afghan army soldier kills at least one NATO soldier in southern Helmand

An Afghan army soldier killed at least one foreign soldier in southern Helmand province on Saturday.

The latest in a series of "rogue" shootings by members of the country's security forces occurred barely 25 km (15 miles) from the city of Lashkar Gah, where this week security control will be handed to Afghan forces. It is one of seven places chosen for the first phase of a years-long transfer due to be completed only by the end of 2014.

"The shooting happened during a joint security patrol ... he ran away after," said the senior police detective, who asked not to be named as he was not authorized to speak to the media.

The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force said it was investigating an incident in southern Afghanistan. "An individual wearing an Afghan National Army uniform turned his weapon against International Security Assistance Force service members in southern Afghanistan today, killing one service member," ISAF said in a statement.

Meanwhile, Taliban spokesman Qari Mohammad Yousuf said an ANA (Afghan National Army) soldier surrendered to the Taliban after killing five foreign soldiers outside Lashkar Gah this morning. "He wasn't one of us, he asked for protection and we agreed," Yousuf told Reuters by phone from an undisclosed location.