Nato, Afghan soldiers killed in Zabul shootout
09 January, 2012
KABUL: An Afghan soldier gunned down a Nato soldier and was himself killed when a dispute ended in a shoot-out on Sunday, an Afghan security source and the Nato force said. "At an ISAF base near the governor's office at Zabul, six ISAF soldiers and three ANA (Afghan National Army) soldiers had a dispute which ended in an exchange of fire," a source of Nato's Afghan security force told AFP. "An ANA soldier killed a soldier from ISAF. He himself was killed when ISAF opened fire on him," the source added. Others soldiers were wounded in the shoot-out. An ISAF statement said: "An International Security Assistance Force service member was killed today in southern Afghanistan, apparently by a member of the Afghan National Army." This is the latest in a string of deadly clashes between ISAF and Afghan soldiers. On December 24, an Afghan soldier was killed in a gunfight with US troops in southwest Farah province after he opened fire during an argument, Afghan army and police officials said. Taliban claimed responsibility, saying the soldier had joined the army to carry out his attack in Kapisa province, in the volatile east of the country. End.
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