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Insider Shooting Kills 2 US Troops

Officer opens fire in Afghan police station: officials

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 11, 2013 6:43 AM CDT

(Newser) – A new insider attack in Afghanistan has left five people dead, two of them Americans, say officials. As US troops visited a police station in Wardak province, an Afghan officer reportedly opened fire. Two US troops and three Afghan police were killed in the ensuing skirmish, the AP reports. The clash occurred a day after the Afghan-set deadline for US special forces—which make up the majority of US troops in Wardak—to exit the province. Last month, 17 police officers were killed in a particularly deadly insider attack.

In this Friday, May 1, 2009 photo, US soldiers patrol during a search operation in Nerkh district of Wardak province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan.
In this Friday, May 1, 2009 photo, US soldiers patrol during a search operation in Nerkh district of Wardak province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan.   (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
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Invince
Mar 11, 2013 10:41 PM CDT
Why are we still there while karazi acting in such inflammatory remarks about us negotiating with the Taliban behind his back, he and his clans are using the US, he never trusted the non Moslems no matter how much we did and died, we should pull out now and let him suffer sooner than later..
slammer
Mar 11, 2013 3:11 PM CDT
we must get out of there asap and let the savages kill themselves! than we can go back in and kill what is left of them!
finkster
Mar 11, 2013 9:10 AM CDT
Get the hell out of this sleaze bag of a country now!!! Not ONE more American life is worth it 
 

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