From Antiwar.com:
The US soldier is said to have thought the22-year-old Afghan guard was about to attack him, and killed him. NATO declined comment but the US said it was “aware” of the incident and investigations are apparently underway.
US Soldier Kills Afghan Ally in Base Shooting
Rising Distrust as Killings Grow
by Jason Ditz, February 05, 2012
Reflecting the rising distrust between US occupation forces and their Afghan allies, a US soldier has shot and killed a private guard at a military base in Sar-e Pol Province, in what officials are calling an “unfortunate misunderstanding.”
The US soldier is said to have thought the22-year-old Afghan guard was about to attack him, and killed him. NATO declined comment but the US said it was “aware” of the incident and investigations are apparently underway.The guard was one of several contractors hired to guard the exterior of the base, and he asked to be let inside the base for some reason, starting an argument with the US soldier, which ended in the shooting. Afghan police say the US soldier, who was not named, “thought he was acting in self defense.”
Between Taliban infiltrators launching attacks in the uniforms of allied security forces and incidents like these, the distrust between Afghan troops and NATO occupation forces seems to be soaring, and could lead to more itchy trigger fingers on both sides.
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