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Policeman kills five UK soldiers in Afghanistan

Source: Financial Times
Kabul : Afghanistan | 19 days ago  
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Afghan policeman keeps watch at a checkpoint in Kabul
Six UK soldiers and two Afghan police were wounded in the incident on Tuesday at a compound in the Nad-e'Ali district in southern Helmand province where British troops were training police officers. Abdul Ahad Helmanwal, the chief of the district council, said the policeman had climbed on to a rooftop...
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  • Blog Source: blog.taragana.com
    Reports quoted a spokesman from Task Force Helmand as saying that the soldiers were at a checkpoint at the time of the incident and were fired upon by an Afghan policeman. The Britons had trained Afghan police in what was described ... opened fire on
  • Blog Source: thetension.blogspot.com
    The five British soldiers were killed in Helmand's Nad-e-Ali district on Tuesday afternoon, Britain's Defense Ministry said, bringing the total number of British forces who have died in Afghanistan to 229. NATO said "a number" of ...
  • Blog Source: blog.taragana.com
    The attack Tuesday afternoon came a month after an Afghan policeman on patrol with U.S. soldiers fired on the Americans, killing two. Training and operating jointly with Afghan police and soldiers is key to NATO's strategy of dealing .... British and
  • Blog Source: momento24.com
    An Afghan policeman opened fire on British soldiers in the volatile southern province of Helmand, killing five, raising concerns about discipline within the Afghan forces and possible infiltration by insurgents. A press release of the NATO- led
  • Blog Source: www.democraticunderground.com
    Just one month after an Afghan policeman opened fire on American soldiers during a joint patrol, killing two of them, the incident provoked new concerns about indiscipline and infiltration within the Afghan security forces, which are supposed to be
  • Blog Source: www.sfexaminer.com
    Training and operating jointly with Afghan police and soldiers, as the British were doing Tuesday, are key to NATO's strategy of dealing with the spreading Taliban-led insurgency and, ultimately, allowing international forces to leave ... Afghan
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