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| Afghan soldier 'kills Nato colleague' at Kandahar airport | Afghan soldier 'kills Nato colleague' at Kandahar airport |
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| An Afghan soldier has opened fire inside Kandahar international airport, killing one Nato soldier and injuring two others, the Afghan army says. | An Afghan soldier has opened fire inside Kandahar international airport, killing one Nato soldier and injuring two others, the Afghan army says. |
| Gen Abdul Razir Shirzai said the soldier fired from a security tower before being overpowered. | Gen Abdul Razir Shirzai said the soldier fired from a security tower before being overpowered. |
| The casualties are Slovakian, the BBC learned. Nato confirmed the death but gave no details. Thousands of Nato and Afghan troops are based at the airport. | |
| More than 100 Nato soldiers have been killed in "insider attacks" since 2007. | More than 100 Nato soldiers have been killed in "insider attacks" since 2007. |
| Gen Shirzai told the BBC that the soldier who opened fire was now in Afghan National Army (ANA) custody. | Gen Shirzai told the BBC that the soldier who opened fire was now in Afghan National Army (ANA) custody. |
| The BBC's Bilal Sarwary in Kabul says such attacks have become one of the defining features of the latter phase of the conflict in Afghanistan and have undermined Nato's ambition to fight "shoulder to shoulder" with Afghans against the Taliban. | The BBC's Bilal Sarwary in Kabul says such attacks have become one of the defining features of the latter phase of the conflict in Afghanistan and have undermined Nato's ambition to fight "shoulder to shoulder" with Afghans against the Taliban. |
| The pressure on contributing nations to withdraw their troops by the end of 2014 has been exacerbated by such "green-on-blue" attacks. | The pressure on contributing nations to withdraw their troops by the end of 2014 has been exacerbated by such "green-on-blue" attacks. |
| Many more Afghan security force members have died at the hands of their colleagues - correspondents say reliable figures for so-called "green-on-green" attacks are hard to come by. | Many more Afghan security force members have died at the hands of their colleagues - correspondents say reliable figures for so-called "green-on-green" attacks are hard to come by. |