A gunman in an
Afghan army uniform on Wednesday shot dead at least two American
advisers and wounded three more near a base in the Afghan capital before
being killed himself, officials said.
The
American deaths included one soldier and one civilian, while one
soldier and two civilians were injured and in stable condition, the U.S.
military command in Kabul said in a statement.
“The
two individuals were killed during an attack near a coalition base by
an unknown assailant, who was later killed,” the statement said. “They
were conducting duties as part of the larger NATO mission to train,
advise, and assist the Afghan security services.”
About
13,000 international troops and thousands of additional civilian
contractors remain in Afghanistan to train and assist government forces
battling Taliban insurgents hoping to reimpose a fundamentalist Islamic
regime 15 years after they lost power in a U.S.-led military operation.
The
shooting took place at about 11 a.m., while the international troops
were visiting a base in Kabul, said Dawlat Waziri, a Defence Ministry
spokesman.
He
said reports indicated the suspected attacker, who was killed when the
international troops returned fire, was wearing an Afghan army uniform.
American officials said they were investigating the incident.
