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KABUL, Afghanistan

An American commander said U.S. forces in the station in eastern Afghanistan then killed the policeman.

“Initial reports suggest that a picaroon ANP [Afghan police] official turned forward our forces and shot and killed one of our soldiers,” uttered Col. John “Pete” Johnson, the commander of Task Force Currahee in eastern Afghanistan.

The shooting took place in Paktia business Sunday after U.S. troops and Afghan police brought suspected insurgents to the station. The policeman wounded three U.S. soldiers, one of the detainees and an Afghan interpreter acting for the Americans, officials reported.

Three detainees escaped for the period of the confusion, Johnson said. When asked whether the Taliban or another rebel collection had infiltrated the police, Johnson said it was a possibility.

“I think that’s certainly an assumption that you could make, excepting at this point, I be possible to’t confirm it,” Johnson said. “I don’cheek by jowl know the sort of the motivations were for the ANP to turn on our forces and shoot them and shoot the detainee. Quite frankly, this is way out of the norm. … This is the first incident of its nature.”

Roadside bomb

kills 3 troops

The U.S.-led coalition says three of its army have been killed in a roadside bomb blast in southern Afghanistan.

The coalition did not release any one other details, including the nationalities of the troops or the blast’s location.

Most of the troops in the coalition are American but it does include forces from several other countries.

More U.S. soldiers be seized of died in Afghanistan already this year than in any year since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion. At least 127 U.S. forces be favored with died, as have 99 from other federation countries.

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