Guard kills two NATO soldiers in Afghanistan

Sat, 19 Mar 2011

Kabul - A security guard in Afghanistan killed two foreign soldiers working with NATO-led troops, the alliance military said Saturday.

"Two international security assistance forces service members died in southern Afghanistan following a shooting incident with a security guard," the coalition forces said in a statement, without giving more details.

The statement did not state whether the security guard was an Afghan or foreign national, and if the incident took place on a NATO base.

NATO officials declined to comment, saying the alliance needs to inform the family members of the deceased before giving out details.

The incident is currently under investigations, the NATO official said.

Troops from the United States, United Kingdom and Canada are stationed in southern Afghanistan. More than 140,000 international troops are currently fighting Taliban insurgents who have been waging a bloody war since 2001.

Around 90 foreign soldiers have been killed so far this year, according to iCausalities, an independent website that tracks military fatalities in Afghanistan.

Separately, a NATO airstrike killed one and injured two others in the eastern province of Nangarhar, the provincial governor's spokesman said.

The operation took place on Friday night in Khogyani, a district in Nangarhar.

"We are investigating to identify if those killed and injured were civilians or insurgents," Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, the spokesman said.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/372460,kills-nato-soldiers-afghanistan.html.