Afghan army soldier opens fire on U.S. soldiers in Jalalabad
An American soldier and an Afghan soldier were killed when a firefight broke out between Afghan and NATO coalition forces at a compound where a senior U.S. diplomat met a provincial governor in eastern Afghanistan, police and U.S. sources said.
A handful of others from both sides were wounded in the shooting, which erupted shortly after the diplomat left the compound aboard a helicopter, according to U.S. and Afghan sources.
The NATO soldiers involved in the incident were American, according to Afghan police, and had been leaving the venue to return to Camp Gamberi in east Afghanistan where they were stationed.
NATO issued a statement saying one of its soldiers had been killed, without divulging the nationality, though a U.S. source told Reuters that the dead soldier was American and two Americans had been wounded in the clash.
Two Afghan soldiers were also injured in the shoot out and it was unclear who had fired first, police said, adding that an Afghan soldier was being questioned. They had no other details on the American casualties. (Reuters)
Find more news-related pictures in our photo galleries and follow us on Tumblr.
