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| Two NATO Soldiers Killed in Afghan 'Insider Attack' |
| 2015-08-27 |
| [ALMANAR.LB] Men wearing Afghan military uniforms rubbed out two NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... soldiers in the country's south Wednesday, the coalition said. So-called "green-on-blue" attacks -- when Afghan soldiers or police turn their guns on international troops -- have been a major problem during NATO's long years fighting alongside Afghan forces. No group has so far grabbed credit for Wednesday's attack in the volatile province of Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... . "Two Resolute Support (NATO) service members died early this morning when two individuals wearing Afghan (military) uniforms opened fire on their vehicle at an (Afghan cops) compound in Helmand province," a NATO statement said. "Resolute Support service members returned fire and killed the shooters," it added, without revealing the nationalities of the foreign soldiers. The statement did not give the precise location of the attack, which highlights long-simmering tensions between Afghan and foreign forces. It was the first such incident since Mullah Akhtar Mansour was named the new Taliban chief following the announcement of the death of longtime leader Mullah Omar ... a minor Pashtun commander in the war against the Soviets who made good as leader of the Taliban. As ruler of Afghanistan, he took the title Leader of the Faithful. The imposition of Pashtunkhwa on the nation institutionalized ignorance and brutality in a country already notable for its own fair share of ignorance and brutality... . |
| Posted by:Fred |