Sunday, September 30, 2012
A milestone in Shitholeistan
From the Guardian:
An Afghan soldier has killed two Americans and two fellow members of Afghanistan's army at a checkpoint in the east of the country.More lives wasted to no good end. How long will this be going on?
The shooting continues the trend of "insider attacks" and marks the 2,000th US troop death in the long-running war, officials said.
The series of insider attacks is one of the greatest threats to Nato's mission in Afghanistan, endangering a partnership key to training Afghan security forces and withdrawing international troops.
Saturday's shooting took place at an Afghan army checkpoint just outside a joint US-Afghan base in Wardak province, said Shahidullah Shahid, a provincial government spokesman. At least two Afghan soldiers also died, he said.
"Initial reports indicate that a misunderstanding happened between Afghan army soldiers and American soldiers," Shahid said.
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