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Insider Suspected in US Service Member's Death in Afghanistan

by VOA News

   NATO said Saturday that a U.S. soldier had been killed and two others
   wounded in what it called an "apparent insider attack" in southern
   Afghanistan.

   Alliance officials said the two wounded service members were in stable
   condition and receiving medical treatment.

   A Taliban spokesman said in a statement that the attack occurred at an
   airbase in Tarinkot, capital of Uruzgan province.

   Qari Yousaf Ahmadi would not say whether the assailant was linked to
   the insurgency. A "conscientious" Afghan soldier, Ahmadi said, turned
   his gun on "American invaders" and killed four of them.

   Spokesmen for the insurgency in Afghanistan often issue death tolls
   that disagree with NATO information.

   NATO said an investigation of the attack was underway.

   The NATO-led Resolute Support mission has been in Afghanistan since
   January 2015 to provide training, advice and assistance to Afghan
   security forces. The force of 16,000 troops includes service members
   from 39 NATO nations and allies.