Third NATO service member killed in alleged "green on blue" attack

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A man alleged to be a local Afghan policeman killed an American service member in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, while two British troops were shot and killed by an Afghan soldier in the southern province of Helmand, according to U.S., NATO and Afghan officials.

The British troops were killed outside a Provincial Reconstruction Team's headquarters in the southern city of Lashkar Gah, NATO and local officials said. Coalition forces then fatally shot the gunman.

A spokesman for the provincial governor said the incident stemmed from an argument the soldier had with the victims.

The eastern Afghanistan victim was an American soldier, a senior U.S. defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told CNN. NATO said he was shot as he approached an Afghan local police checkpoint; it said Afghan and coalition forces are investigating the incident but released no further details.

Monday's deaths bring to 93 the number of coalition service members who have died in Afghanistan this year, 44 of them Americans. In 2012 to date, 16 have been killed in what are euphemistically called "green on blue" attacks, meaning Afghan troops who have turned their weapons on allied forces.

Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/03/26/world/asia/afghanistan-nato-deaths/?hpt=hp_t3 

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ISAF :

KABUL, Afghanistan – An International Security Assistance Force service member died following a shooting incident in eastern Afghanistan, March 26.

According to operational reports, the ISAF service member was shot by an alleged member of the Afghan Local Police as the security force approached an ALP checkpoint.

The circumstances behind the incident are currently under investigation by Afghan and coalition forces.

It is ISAF policy to defer casualty identification procedures to the relevant national authorities. For questions regarding Afghan forces involvement, please contact the Afghan Ministry of the Interior.

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