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The International Security Assistance Force, as the U.S.-led coalition is known, described the dead as “”eight ISAF service members and an ISAF civilian,”” but a
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“”On behalf of … all of ISAF, I wish to convey our heartfelt condolences to the families of the trainers killed today,”” he said in a statement.
The shooting is certain to increase concern that
The attack came after a spate of assaults by Afghans dressed in uniform.
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Additionally, there have been at least four instances this year when Afghan soldiers opened fire on coalition troops. Wednesday’s incident, however, was the first such assault by a member of
The attacks are part of what the
On Monday, nearly 500 prisoners, most of them captured
It was difficult to piece together what had happened Wednesday from the information that official sources released. Caldwell said Afghan President
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Pan-Arab television network Al Jazeera quoted Azimi as saying the attacker had been in the air corps for 20 years. Other officials said he was from Tarakhil, a village near the airport, and that his brother was a doctor at