Afghan soldier shoots, wounds 3 US troops in insider attack

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AP Kabul
Last Updated : Apr 08 2015 | 6:42 PM IST
An Afghan official says an Afghan soldier opened fire on US troops, wounding three before he was shot dead.
Gen. Fazel Ahmad Sherzad, police chief for eastern Nangarhar province, says the incident happened after a meeting between Afghan provincial leaders and a U.S. Embassy official in the compound of the provincial governor in Jalalabad.
He says the Afghan soldier opened fire "right after the US official had left."
He says the American troops immediately returned fire, killing the Afghan soldier. US officials could not immediately be reached for comment.
It is the second insider attack this year. An Afghan soldier killed three American contractors on January 29.

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First Published: Apr 08 2015 | 6:42 PM IST

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