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Two ISAF Troops Killed by Man Posing as Afghan Soldier

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GETTY W 122911 AfghanNationalArmy?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1325155842693ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images(KABUL, Afghanistan) — Two service members of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were killed in eastern Afghanistan Thursday when a man wearing an Afghan National Army uniform turned his weapon against them, the ISAF said in a statement.

Per policy, the ISAF did not identify the soldiers, but the Taliban, who claimed responsibility for the attack, said their militant killed French soldiers inside a base in the Tagab district of Kapisa province.

The ISAF said it is investigating the incident.

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