Two US Troops, Three Afghan Cops Killed in Apparent ‘Insider’ Attack
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dexter S. Saulisbury/Released(KABUL, Afghanistan) — Two U.S. troops are dead after an apparent “insider” attack in eastern Afghanistan on Monday.According to officials, a gunman wearing an Afghan police uniform op…
British Soldier Killed in ‘Insider’ Attack in Afghanistan
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(KABUL, Afghanistan) — A British soldier was killed in southern Afghanistan on Monday in a so-called “green on blue” attack, according to officials.In a statement Tuesday, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said o…
Woman Who Gunned Down American in Kabul Described as ‘Unstable’
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(KABUL, Afghanistan) — Afghan officials said on Tuesday that a policewoman who gunned down an American consultant in Kabul earlier in the week had previously shown “unstable behavior.”However, Interior Ministry spokes…
British Soldier Killed by Afghan Soldier During Soccer Match
ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images(ISLAMABAD) — In the latest so-called “green on blue” attack, a British soldier was killed in southern Afghanistan Sunday in what was supposed to be a friendly soccer game on Veteran’s Day.NATO says a group of British a…
NATO Commander Calls for Coordinated Effort to Stop ‘Insider Attacks’
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(KABUL, Afghanistan) — Gen. John Allen, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, said on Thursday that the epidemic of “insider attacks” that has cost the lives of 45 coalition soldiers this year, most of them…
Afghan Fires and Detains Soldiers in Effort to Stop ‘Insider Attacks’
ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images(KABUL, Afghanistan) — Afghanistan’s solution to ending the string of “insider attacks” that have cost dozens of U.S. lives this year is by giving hundreds of its own soldiers their walking papers.Along with firing troo…
Afghan Policeman Kills U.S. Service Member on Joint Patrol
ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A U.S. service member was killed in southern Afghanistan Sunday on a patrol with Afghan security forces when one of the Afghans turned his weapon on the Americans, the latest in a rash of what the ISAF is n…