KABUL, Afghanistan — Three American soldiers were killed and one other was wounded after an Afghan soldier opened fire on them in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, according to Afghan officials. Earlier, an American airstrike in southern Afghanistan accidentally killed at least two Afghan policemen, according to Afghan officials. Both officials said the episode had been the result of an Afghan commando operation in the area fighting Taliban insurgents. The episode in Helmand, like the one in Nangarhar, involved American forces working in partnership with Afghan commandos, but there was no indication that they were connected. So-called green on blue violence, or insider attacks by Afghan soldiers on American or other foreign troops, have become rare as coalition forces have mostly withdrawn from Afghanistan.

Source: New York Times June 10, 2017 18:35 UTC