Saturday, 28 March 2009

2 American Soldier killed in Northern Afghanistan by Afghan Army Soldier

An Afghan Army soldier killed two and injured one American soldier who were operating in northern Afghanistan on Friday.

18 years old Afghan soldier from 209 Shai Army corps opened fire and killed himself too .

The incident took place late night friday in northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif .
A military source confirmed the incident in a joint statement by Afghan and American coalition forces saying the Afghan soldier was from eastern province of Khust.
"One coalition servicemember was killed today, another died of
wounds, and a third was wounded by an Afghan National Army soldier
who reportedly fired upon them," the statement said.
The Afghan soldier killed himself immediately after the
incident, it said.
Afghan military official said that an investigation will be launched .

In a separate statement Afghan defence ministry expressed their sorrow and said full action will be taken

"It is too early to speculate, but the investigation will bear
out the truth," the minister was cited as saying, adding that "full
corrective action will be taken."

1 comment:

  1. Thanks for this....it is good to have access to stories from the north of the country. Thanks.

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