Three US soldiers killed by Afghan in security forces uniform

[anatta]

An Afghan wearing a security forces uniform turned his weapon against U.S. troops Saturday, killing three in eastern Afghanistan, officials said, in another apparent attack by a member of the Afghan forces against their international allies

Killings by uniformed Afghans of foreign soldiers and civilians rose dramatically last year, eroding confidence between the sides at a crucial turning point in the conflict. So-called insider attacks killed 62 personnel in 47 incidents last year compared to 35 killed in 21 attacks a year earlier, according to NATO.

So far in 2013, 11 foreign soldiers have been killed in seven such attacks, including Saturday's, according to an Associated Press count.

In some cases, militants have donned Afghan army or police uniforms to attack foreign troops, but a number have been carried out by members of Afghan security forces against their own comrades.

The attacks come as NATO and Afghan forces are in more intimate contact, with foreign troops handing over security to the Afghans and continuing to train them prior to an almost total withdrawal by the end of 2014
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/...led-by-afghan-in-security-forces-uniform?lite

 

[anatta]

not sure what the "total withdrawl" claim is -I've read maybe around 8,000 trainers left.

Pretty sure such ideas of a transition ae futile - the Taliban are the most cohesive force, the Afgan Nation Army? hasn't been tested without having ISAF
(International Security Assistence Force) troops available when things get rough.

Anyways, whatever we did/do there is just wasted lives, damaged bodies, yet we persist.

 

[evince]

you seemed fine with all the MUCH bigger numbers of Dead when your partys name was on it all

 

[anatta]

you seemed fine with all the MUCH bigger numbers of Dead when your partys name was on it all

deflective conflative thought, Desh.
I'm pretty liberal on most ideas - not seeing much to be offered by modern conservatism.

I eschew partisanship though.

 

[evince]

sure

 

[anatta]

sure

here: just for you - equal opportunity Obama/Bush Bashing on Useless Futile War:

And meanwhile, back in Iraq: Triple bomb attack on a funeral in Sadr City kills at least 65; hundreds injured. Four police killed, 16 injured in bomb attack on a checkpoint south of Mosul. Four residences are blown up in southern Mosul injuring 7. Two young men killed by silenced weapons in eastern Baghdad, 2 unidentified bodies found in northern Baghdad. Suicide attack on police HQ in Baiji kills 6 police.

Let us all pause to thank George W. Bush for bringing the light of democracy and civic order to the long-suffering people of Iraq.

Posted by Cervantes at 4:56 AM
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