Saturday, January 30, 2010

Reuters AlertNet - Interpreter kills 2 U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan

Reuters AlertNet - Interpreter kills 2 U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan: "KABUL, Jan 30 (Reuters) - An interpreter in Afghanistan shot dead two U.S. soldiers, a U.S. military official said on Saturday, adding that the attacker appeared to be a disgruntled employee rather than a militant.

The NATO-led force in Afghanistan said earlier that two U.S. service members and one 'U.S. employee' had been killed in an incident in the east of the country on Friday, without giving further details.

'Initial indications are this was a case of a disgruntled employee,' said the U.S. military official.

The incident took place in Wardak province southwest of Kabul, which was also the scene of a clash between Afghan troops and NATO-led forces overnight in which the foreign troops called in an air strike that killed four Afghan soldiers.

There was no indication that the two incidents were linked."

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