Two NATO servicemen shot dead by men wearing Afghan police uniforms

A Royal Air Force airman and a soldier from 1st Battalion Welsh Guards were killed yesterday in the Lashkar Gah district of Helmand province by members of the Afghan Police Force, the Ministry of Defence said.

They were providing security for a meeting with local officials at a patrol base, the MoD said.

The deaths are the latest in a string of attacks on international troops by Afghan security forces or militants disguised as police.

Two other coalition service members also died yesterday in Afghanistan, one in an insurgent attack and another of non-battle related injuries.

There were conflicting reports about the shooting in Helmand province.

Fareed Ahmad, a spokesman for the Helmand provincial police, said two Afghan policemen opened fire on coalition troops at 3pm at a joint Afghan-coalition compound.

He said a third Afghan policemen fired at the attackers, killing one and wounding the other, who escaped.

The attackers had been members of the Afghan National Police for one year and were from Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan.

SOURCE: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2143678/Two-Nato-service-members-shot-dead-men-wearing-Afghan-police-uniforms-deadly-attack-coalition-troops.html
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