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| Nato troops killed by a man dressed in Afghan army uniform | Nato troops killed by a man dressed in Afghan army uniform |
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| A man wearing an Afghan army uniform has shot and killed two international service members, according to Nato. | A man wearing an Afghan army uniform has shot and killed two international service members, according to Nato. |
| The attack happened at a military base in the south of the country, a statement by the International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) said. | The attack happened at a military base in the south of the country, a statement by the International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) said. |
| The attacker was killed by coalition troops, Isaf said. The nationalities of the soldiers have not been released. | The attacker was killed by coalition troops, Isaf said. The nationalities of the soldiers have not been released. |
| The incident comes after several Afghan civilians were killed in an attack for which a US soldier has been charged. | The incident comes after several Afghan civilians were killed in an attack for which a US soldier has been charged. |
| An official in the Afghan defence ministry has told the BBC that the attack happened in Helmand province, and that the attacker was an Afghan soldier. | An official in the Afghan defence ministry has told the BBC that the attack happened in Helmand province, and that the attacker was an Afghan soldier. |
| The spokesman for the governor of Helmand has told the BBC that the shooting followed a "verbal clash" between Afghan and Nato soldiers, and that the Afghan involved was from Kunar province. | |
| This attack is the latest in a number of what's termed "green on blue" incidents - where members of the Afghan security forces turn their weapons on their international colleagues or trainers. | |
| The number of these incidents has risen since the inadvertent burning of Korans at a US base in February. | |
| Tensions were inflamed further by the killing of seventeen Afghan civilians earlier this month. | |
| US Staff Sgt Robert Bales, 38, has been charged with killing nine Afghan children and eight adults in their homes in Kandahar province on 11 March. | |
| He could face the death penalty if convicted. | |
| The case has undermined US relations with Kabul and led to calls for Nato to speed up its planned withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. | |
| Sgt Bales' trial could take years, contrasting with Afghan demands for swift and decisive justice. | |
| The Taliban called off peace talks in the wake of the deadly rampage. |