Afghanistan Insider Attack: Man in Afghan Police Uniform Kills 2 Foreign Soldiers

Insider Attack Kills 2 Foreign Soldiers In Afghanistan
Cows are brought to sell at a livestock market for the upcoming Eid al-Adha festival in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Oct. 2012. Muslims will celebrate Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, on Oct. 27, by slaughtering of sheep, goats, cows or camels. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
Cows are brought to sell at a livestock market for the upcoming Eid al-Adha festival in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Oct. 2012. Muslims will celebrate Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, on Oct. 27, by slaughtering of sheep, goats, cows or camels. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

KABUL, Oct 30 (Reuters) - A man wearing an Afghan police uniform shot dead two members of Afghanistan's NATO-led force in the south of the country on Tuesday, the force said.

An Afghan police official in the southern province of Helmand said a policeman had killed two British soldiers and efforts were underway to apprehend him.

NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) declined to say where the two members of the force killed in the attack were from.

So-called insider attacks on Western forces have undermined trust between coalition and Afghan forces as NATO prepares to withdraw most combat troops by the end of 2014.

At least 56 members of ISAF have been killed this year by Afghans wearing police or army uniforms.

(Reporting by Mirwais Harooni; Editing by Robert Birsel)

Before You Go

Poverty In Afghanistan

Popular in the Community

Close

What's Hot