Men in Afghan police uniforms kill 2 NATO troops

CBS/AP

(AP) KABUL, Afghanistan - NATO and Afghan officials say that two of the coalition service members killed in the country's south were gunned down by men dressed in Afghan police uniforms.

There were conflicting reports, however, as to whether the assailants in Saturday's shooting in Helmand province were members of the police force or rather insurgents disguised as police officers.

Fareed Ahmad, a spokesman for Helmand provincial police, says two Afghan policemen were behind the shooting at a joint Afghan-coalition compound in Helmand.

NATO said that operational reports indicated that the gunmen were insurgents dressed in police uniforms, not official members of the police force.

The shooting is the latest in a string of incidents in which Afghan security forces or militants disguised as policemen turn their weapons on their international military partners.

[decotoguy]

Tell me,Who really CARES about this WAR?
G W Bush surely doesn't care.
I don't know one sole person that has gone to Afghanistan
and fought for my freedom there, so of course I don't CARE.

[Jenniej61]

Seriously...I hope that is sarcasm. I have two sons over there now fighting for your freedom and your attitude angers me! I don't want us over there but if you care so little about our troops, perhaps you should find another country to call home!

[FP1970]

To hell with Afghanistan, it's America we need to worry about. How many Islamists have already infiltrated America and how many more will continue to infiltrate through immigration? Do you think they're going to identify themselves as Islamists when trying to infiltrate a Western nation? If we don't stop all immigration now, it won't take the Islamists long to get the critical mass that they need to bring the same hell to America that they brought to Afghanistan.