Two Americans Killed In Attack At Kabul Army Base

Americans including a civilian in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul.

The shooting took place at 11am local time (0630GMT) on Wednesday while international troops visited a military base in Kabul, according to Dawlat Waziri, a spokesman for the Afghan Ministry of Defence.

NATO said in a statement later on Wednesday that "one US service member and one US civilian died as a result of wounds sustained in Kabul".
An American official said the shootout occurred at a military ammunition supply point near Camp Morehead, a base used for Afghan commando training.
                                    
                                                     

 

So-called "green-on-blue" attacks - when Afghan soldiers or police turn their guns on international troops - have been a major problem during NATO's long years fighting alongside Afghan forces.

Dozens of international soldiers and advisors have been killed in attacks by Afghan security forces on their allies. 

Since 2008, the blog Long War Journal has registered 92 such attacks with at least 150 international soldiers killed and 187 wounded.

Such attacks are sometimes caused by cultural misunderstandings or personal clashes.

Taliban fighters have also often managed to infiltrate the ranks of Afghan security forces to carry out so-called insider attacks in the past few months