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| A US soldier was killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday when a member of the Afghan forces opened fire on Nato troops in the east of the country. | A US soldier was killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday when a member of the Afghan forces opened fire on Nato troops in the east of the country. |
| A Nato statement confirmed that one of its soldiers had died without stating the person’s nationality, but an eyewitness and official had earlier said the Afghan had opened fire on three US troops before he was shot dead. | A Nato statement confirmed that one of its soldiers had died without stating the person’s nationality, but an eyewitness and official had earlier said the Afghan had opened fire on three US troops before he was shot dead. |
| A US official confirmed to the Associated Press the Nato soldier was an American. | A US official confirmed to the Associated Press the Nato soldier was an American. |
| The incident took place after a meeting between Afghan provincial leaders and a US embassy official in the compound of the provincial governor in the city of Jalalabad, according to General Fazel Ahmad Sherzad. | The incident took place after a meeting between Afghan provincial leaders and a US embassy official in the compound of the provincial governor in the city of Jalalabad, according to General Fazel Ahmad Sherzad. |
| It is the second insider attack of 2015. An Afghan soldier killed three US contractors on 29 January before he too was shot dead. | It is the second insider attack of 2015. An Afghan soldier killed three US contractors on 29 January before he too was shot dead. |
| Sherzad, who is police chief for eastern Nangarhar province, said the incident happened immediately after the meeting and the embassy official had left. | Sherzad, who is police chief for eastern Nangarhar province, said the incident happened immediately after the meeting and the embassy official had left. |
| “Right after the US official had left, suddenly an Afghan army soldier opened fire on the US soldiers who were present in the compound,” he said. | “Right after the US official had left, suddenly an Afghan army soldier opened fire on the US soldiers who were present in the compound,” he said. |
| US troops returned fire, killing the assailant, whom Sherzad identified as Abdul Azim from Laghman province. | US troops returned fire, killing the assailant, whom Sherzad identified as Abdul Azim from Laghman province. |
| The motive for his attack was not immediately known. | The motive for his attack was not immediately known. |
| Information was sketchy, and an eyewitness said that four rather than three US soldiers had been injured and were being treated at a clinic on the US base in Jalalabad. “Only the ANA [Afghan national army] soldier died, we killed him straight away,” said the witness, an Afghan interpreter working with the US troops. | Information was sketchy, and an eyewitness said that four rather than three US soldiers had been injured and were being treated at a clinic on the US base in Jalalabad. “Only the ANA [Afghan national army] soldier died, we killed him straight away,” said the witness, an Afghan interpreter working with the US troops. |
| Earlier, an Afghan official said two people had been killed and three wounded in an ambush late on Tuesday aimed at police in eastern Kunar province, where the Taliban have a strong presence. | Earlier, an Afghan official said two people had been killed and three wounded in an ambush late on Tuesday aimed at police in eastern Kunar province, where the Taliban have a strong presence. |
| Farid Dhekhan, the spokesman for the provincial police chief, said the attack, which occurred in Narang district, targeted a police vehicle, which escaped unharmed. The dead were a man and woman from the same family, Dhekhan said. | Farid Dhekhan, the spokesman for the provincial police chief, said the attack, which occurred in Narang district, targeted a police vehicle, which escaped unharmed. The dead were a man and woman from the same family, Dhekhan said. |