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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/10325262/Three-Nato-troops-killed-in-Afghanistan-insider-attack.html

Three US special forces have been killed by an Afghan wearing a security forces unfiorm, in the first apparent "insider attack" in months.
4:21PM BST 21 Sep 2013

Since last year, attacks by Afghan soldiers on their allies in the NATO-run ISAF force have become a serious problem, threatening to further undermine waning support for the war among Western nations sending troops here.

"Three International Security Assistance Force service members died when an individual wearing an Afghan National Security Forces uniform shot them in eastern Afghanistan today," ISAF said in a statement.

A US defence official confirmed to the AFP news agency that the three victims were from the United Sates.

US forces provide the bulk of ISAF troops in the east. The attack was the seventh reported insider attack this year, and 12 ISAF personnel have been killed.

The last reported insider attack was on July 9, when an Afghan soldier at a military base in Kandahar shot dead one soldier and wounded three others.

"We can confirm that three ISAF service members were killed and one wounded by an individual wearing an ANSF uniform in Gardez," said Afghan Defence Ministry spokesman General Zahir Azimi.

The attacker was shot dead by Afghan soldiers immediately after the attack, Azimi said.

Gardez is the capital of eastern Paktia, a volatile province that shares a porous border with Pakistan and is a hub for the Haqqani network, an insurgent group associated with the Taliban.

Last year saw a record number of such attacks. Figures have dropped considerably this year, partly due to increased security and partly due to a reduction in the interaction between Afghan soldiers and their foreign counterparts, Western officials have said.
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The US seems to have a very difficult time with security clearances.

Like so many aspects of national life, we appear to have lost our institutional memories, learning to do once familiar tasks all over again.

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The US seems to have a very difficult time with security clearances.

Like so many aspects of national life, we appear to have lost our institutional memories, learning to do once familiar tasks all over again.


The US seems to have a very difficult time with security clearances.

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Once again in foreign media. Oh yeah once again  NATO/Americans.

 **nononono*