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| Three Foreign Soldiers and One American Civilian Are Killed in Afghanistan | |
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| KABUL, Afghanistan — Four soldiers with the international military coalition were killed Saturday in two separate attacks, one an insider shooting. | KABUL, Afghanistan — Four soldiers with the international military coalition were killed Saturday in two separate attacks, one an insider shooting. |
| In one attack, an Afghan soldier opened fire on the international forces serving with him in eastern Afghanistan, killing three soldiers, a spokesman for the military coalition, Staff Sgt. Daniel Wallace, said. | In one attack, an Afghan soldier opened fire on the international forces serving with him in eastern Afghanistan, killing three soldiers, a spokesman for the military coalition, Staff Sgt. Daniel Wallace, said. |
| The shooting occurred in Paktika Province near the Pakistan border, local officials said. | The shooting occurred in Paktika Province near the Pakistan border, local officials said. |
| In western Afghanistan’s Farah Province, an Italian soldier was killed when two men on a motorcycle threw a grenade at a convoy of troops returning to their base from the provincial capital, the governor’s spokesman, Abdul Rahman Zahwandi, said. | In western Afghanistan’s Farah Province, an Italian soldier was killed when two men on a motorcycle threw a grenade at a convoy of troops returning to their base from the provincial capital, the governor’s spokesman, Abdul Rahman Zahwandi, said. |
| “It happened in the capital, and there were crowds of people,” he said. “The two attackers managed to escape.” | “It happened in the capital, and there were crowds of people,” he said. “The two attackers managed to escape.” |
| The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force confirmed the death in a statement. | The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force confirmed the death in a statement. |