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| 'Afghan soldier attacks' British army academy near Kabul | 'Afghan soldier attacks' British army academy near Kabul |
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| The UK's Ministry of Defence is investigating reports of an Afghan soldier opening fire at a British-run military academy near Kabul. | |
| There are reports of the Afghan commander being injured and international casualties. | There are reports of the Afghan commander being injured and international casualties. |
| The officers' training academy at Camp Qargha first took cadets last October. | |
| The facility is modelled on UK academy Sandhurst and will be the only British military presence in Afghanistan when operations end this year. | |
| An MoD spokesman said: "We are aware of reports of an incident at Qargha. | |
| "The incident is under investigation and it would be inappropriate to comment further at this time." | |
| 'Argument' | |
| The Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) said in a statement: "We can confirm that an incident occurred involving local Afghan and Isaf troops at Camp Qargha. | |
| "The camp, also known as the Kabul ANA Officer Academy, is an Afghan National Security Forces facility. We are in the process of assessing the situation." | |
| The BBC's Afghanistan correspondent David Loyn said he understands that an argument took place late morning or lunchtime between Afghans and an armed Afghan soldier, who opened fire. | The BBC's Afghanistan correspondent David Loyn said he understands that an argument took place late morning or lunchtime between Afghans and an armed Afghan soldier, who opened fire. |
| General Mohammed Afzal Aman, the chief of staff for operations at the Afghan Ministry of Defence, told AFP that "three of our officers have been injured, some Isaf troops have also suffered casualties". | |
| Most of the UK's combat troops have already left Afghanistan, and almost all will have left by the end of the year. | |
| The only British troops in Helmand are now at their main base at Camp Bastion, which they will leave later this year. |