Afghan police shoot dead 2 Albanian soldiers

Tue Feb 21, 2012

An Afghan police attack on US-led troops in southern Afghanistan has left two Albanian soldiers dead and two other foreign troopers injured, Press TV reported.

The incident occurred in the southern district of Spin Boldak in Kandahar province, where the troops were reportedly participating in the inauguration of two schools. The occurrence marks Albania's first fatal casualties in Afghanistan.

According to the Albanian defense ministry, 11 Afghan policemen have been detained in the village of Robat where the incident took place.

Another Albanian soldier as well as an American trooper have been wounded in the shooting.

No further details have thus far emerged about the motive behind the incident.

Albania has dispatched 260 troops to Afghanistan as part of the NATO-led mission in the war-ravaged Asian country.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/227781.html.