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Afghan police officer kills 2 Western trainers
An Afghan interpreter and the assailant also are killed. A riot erupts outside the military encampment.


An Afghan boy who was injured in Badghis province in a clash between Afghan police and Spanish troops outside a base in western Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

By Laura King
August 25, 2010|7:30 a.m.


Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan — An Afghan police officer shot and killed two Western military trainers Wednesday, the NATO force said -- the second such incident in little more than a month and one likely to renew concerns about the reliability of the Afghan security forces.

The shootings in the northwestern province of Badghis left two Spanish paramilitary troops dead, along with an interpreter and the assailant, with whom the Taliban claimed an affiliation.

The Spanish government said the interpreter, who was of Iranian origin, was a Spanish citizen, according to the Associated Press.

Compounding the sense of grievance and anger on both sides, word of the deadly shooting set off a riot by Afghan villagers and townspeople outside the small Western installation where the shooting occurred.

A crowd of hundreds of men hurled stones and invective at the base, in the district center of Qalay-e-Naw. At least two dozen people were injured, according to provincial spokesman Sharafuddin Majidi.

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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-afghan-police-shooting-20100825,0,2734132.story

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