Two Foreign, One Afghan Soldier Injured in Green on Blue Attack

Districts of Nangarhar Province. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

At least two foreign soldiers and one Afghan National Directorate of Security personnel were injured in another attack carried out by an Afghan policeman in eastern Nangarhar province on Monday, a provincial police spokesman said.

The incident occurred in the Achin district of Nangarhar province as the Afghan soldier was leaving a police checkpoint, Abdul Haq Stanikzai, the provincial police spokesman told TOLOnews.

The attacker then fled the area.

Green-on-blue attacks have increased in Afghanistan recently with 27 attacks carried out by Afghan soldiers on foreign nationals this year, ISAF spokesman General Gunter Katz said in a press conference today.

These types of attacks have caused the death of 22 foreign soldiers and wounded 27 others.

Written by TOLOnews.com
Monday, 13 August 2012 15:18

Posted in: Afghanistan, International Security Assistance Force, ISAF, Nangarhar, Nangarhar Province, National Directorate of Security, NATO