Wednesday, April 27, 2011

8 Foreign troops killed in Afghan shootout

Eight foreign soldiers and a contractor have been killed in Afghanistan after an Afghan army officer opened fire at the air force headquarters at Kabul airport.

The Afghan defence ministry said violence broke out between an Afghan air force pilot and US troops following an argument on Wednesday inside a facility used by the Afghan Air Force.

General Mohammad Zahir Azimi, a ministry spokesman, said the gunman was killed in the shooting.

"For the past 20 years, he has been a military pilot. An argument happened between him and the foreigners and we have to investigate that," he said.

A statement from the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said eight of its troops had been killed, but did not immediately disclose the nationalities of the victims.

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