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11-29-2010, 11:13
Officials: Afghan border police officer shoots and kills 6 U.S. soldiers
By Joshua Partlow and and Javed Hamdard
Washington Post Foreign Service
Monday, November 29, 2010; 11:17 AM
KABUL - An Afghan border police officer opened fire on American soldiers and killed six of them in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, in one of the deadliest incidents of its kind, according to Afghan and NATO officials.
The shooting took place along the border with Pakistan in the Pachir Wagam district of Nangarhar province, at a facility to train Afghan security forces, according to Ahmad Abdulzai, a spokesman for the provincial governor. A senior police official said the shooter had been recruited into the border police two years ago.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/29/AR2010112901420.html?hpid=moreheadlines
By Joshua Partlow and and Javed Hamdard
Washington Post Foreign Service
Monday, November 29, 2010; 11:17 AM
KABUL - An Afghan border police officer opened fire on American soldiers and killed six of them in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, in one of the deadliest incidents of its kind, according to Afghan and NATO officials.
The shooting took place along the border with Pakistan in the Pachir Wagam district of Nangarhar province, at a facility to train Afghan security forces, according to Ahmad Abdulzai, a spokesman for the provincial governor. A senior police official said the shooter had been recruited into the border police two years ago.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/29/AR2010112901420.html?hpid=moreheadlines