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| Two US soldiers who died in Afghanistan on Friday were shot dead by an interpreter, it has emerged. | Two US soldiers who died in Afghanistan on Friday were shot dead by an interpreter, it has emerged. |
| A Nato official said the translator gunned down the US soldiers before he was killed himself at an outpost in Wardak province, eastern Afghanistan. | |
| It is not clear why the interpreter, who was shot dead by other soldiers after killing the two, opened fire. | |
| But a US military official told Reuters news agency the attacker seemed to be a "disgruntled employee", not a militant. | |
| An Afghan provincial official told Reuters that the interpreter had argued with the soldiers over pay and treatment. | |
| Also in Wardak province, four Afghan soldiers died in an air strike ordered by coalition forces in an apparent bungle. | |
| Afghanistan's defence ministry demanded punishment for those responsible for the air strike. Nato said the deaths were "regrettable" and announced an investigation. | |
| The shootings involving the translator and the air strike were not thought to be related incidents. |