A US soldier was killed in the latest in a series of “green-on-blue” attacks by Afghan allies in a bloody day across the war-torn country on Tuesday. The
day began with a pre-dawn remote-controlled explosion which killed nine civilians in a minibus on the outskirts of the capital Kabul, followed hours later by
a suicide truck bomb attack on a NATO military base. A French soldier and around 10 Taliban fighters were also killed in an early morning ambush and
subsequent firefight during a joint operation with the Afghan army in Kapisa province near Kabul, French officials said. But in a country where roadside
bombs, firefights and suicide attacks are commonplace, it is the death of the US solider at the hands of men he was working alongside that will resonate most
deeply with Western forces. “An International Security Assistance Force service member died when two individuals wearing Afghan National Army uniforms
turned their weapons against ISAF service members in eastern Afghanistan today,” ISAF said. A US defence official confirmed the soldier was an American, and
said the two suspected shooters were in custody. An investigation was under way to determine whether they were Taliban infiltrators. afp
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