Rogue US soldier 'kills 3' Afghans: official
An American soldier walked off his base in southern Afghanistan and opened fire on civilians on Sunday, reportedly killing three, Western and Afghan officials said.
The soldier was held afterwards, NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said in a statement.
The shooting comes after a series of incidents in which Afghan soldiers turned their weapons on American troops, killing six, after Korans were burned at a military base.
The Koran burning ignited days of violent anti-US protests in which some 40 people died, plunging relations between foreign forces and their Afghan allies to an all-time low and forcing US President Barack Obama to apologise.
NATO withdrew all its advisors from Afghan government ministries after two American officers were shot and killed inside the interior ministry, apparently by an Afghan colleague, following the burning.
Of the 60 NATO troops killed so far this year, 18 percent -- almost one in five -- have died at the hands of Afghan colleagues, including four French and an Albanian, as well as the six Americans.
The US leads some 130,000 NATO troops in Afghanistan in defence of the Karzai government.
Source:AFP Global Edition
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