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Six US troops were shot dead by a man wearing an Afghan border police uniform during a training exercise in eastern Afghanistan Monday, the coalition said. Aminullah Amarkhil, the head of border police in eastern Afghanistan, said the shooting was in Nangarhar Province, which borders Pakistan. Most of the NATO troops based in Nangarhar are from the US. The shooter was also killed, according to NATO. The incident appeared to be the latest in a string of recent attacks by "rogue" police and soldiers, underlining the pressure on NATO-led troops as they try to train Afghan forces rapidly to allow for the handover of security responsibility from 2011. Afghan authorities said last year that they were tightening vetting procedures for the police and army after a similar incident when a renegade soldier killed five British troops on November 3, 2009. The latest shooting was the worst casualty toll suffered by the International Security Assistance Force since eight troops were killed in five separate incidents October 14. Reuters |
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