Afghanistan War: Afghan Police Attack NATO Forces, No Deaths
The new U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan called a sudden rash of attacks on international forces by their Afghan partners “troubling” Monday, after an Afghan policeman opened fire on NATO forces in the fifth such assault in a week.
No international service members were killed in the latest attack. A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility for the shooting in the eastern province of Nangarhar, claiming the attacker was a police officer who had been in contact with insurgents before the assault.
A spike in so-called “green-on-blue” attacks, in which Afghan security forces or attackers wearing their uniforms turn their guns on coalition troops, has raised concerns as NATO aims to turn over control for security to Afghan forces in a little more than two years.
“It’s obviously very troubling, not just to us, but it’s also very troubling to our Afghan partners,” U.S. Ambassador James Cunningham told reporters in the capital in his first public comments after taking over the post earlier in the day.
“There’s a lot of work being done to understand why this is happening,” Cunningham said. He said it was not clear if all of the attackers were Taliban infiltrators, but noted that the strikes still threaten the “confidence and trust” needed for the two military forces to work together.
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