NATO says that three American troops have been killed by an Afghan National Army soldier in southern Afghanistan.
Three American troops have been killed by an Afghan National Army soldier in southern Afghanistan, a NATO statement says. NATO said on Saturday that the Afghan soldier opened fire on the troopers and killed them in the city of Sangin in Helmand province on Friday evening. “The coalition and the Afghan government” launched a joint investigation into the incident, NATO added. “An Afghan soldier shot and killed the American service members on their base” Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef said in a statement on Saturday. He added that the Afghan solider defected to the militants after killing the Americans. Taliban militants “took him to a safe place,” the Taliban spokesperson further explained. According to official figures, more than 2,100 US-led occupation soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since the US-led invasion of the country.3 US Occupation Troops Killed by Afghan Soldier
