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Two Americans killed in confused Afghan shootout

Publié par Clifford Armion le 10/01/2012

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KABUL (Reuters) - Two Americans were killed in Afghanistan during an exchange of fire between NATO-led forces and the Afghan army that may have been the result of a misunderstanding, as the death toll of U.S. military and civilian personnel passed 2,000.
A U.S. official, who asked not to be identified, said on Sunday that an American soldier and a civilian contractor had been killed in the incident in eastern Afghanistan, the circumstances of which remain unclear.
The coalition initially said the incident may have been the result of an "insider attack" and another example of a member of the Afghan national security force turning on coalition troops in a war that began in 2001.
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"Two Americans killed in confused Afghan shootout", La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), janvier 2012. Consulté le 28/03/2024. URL: https://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/archives/archives-revue-de-presse/two-americans-killed-in-confused-afghan-shootout