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(ANSA) - Rome, January 18 - An Italian soldier was killed Tuesday by a "terrorist" wearing an Afghan army uniform, Defence Minister Ignazio La Russa said, clarifying earlier reports that the incident might have been friendly fire. The victim, Corporal Luca Sanna from the Alpine regiment, was shot in the head in an outpost in western Afghanistan and another soldier was seriously wounded in the shoulder. The murderer "got close to them with a ruse, perhaps by claiming he had problems with his weapon". La Russa said there was also a possibility, "less likely", that the insurgent had infiltrated the...

Rogue Afghan Soldier Murdered Senior Army Officer In His Sleep A Senior British Army officer murdered in his sleeping quarters was among the three victims of a rogue Afghan soldier. By James Kirkup and Thomas Harding 13 Jul 2010 The officer, a company commander in charge of a British base in Helmand province, was shot dead in the early hours. Two members of the Royal Gurkha Rifles, one a British-born junior officer and the other a Nepalese Gurkha, were also killed by the Afghan, who fired a machinegun and a rocket-propelled grenade. The killings happened at a British patrol base...

KABUL, Afghanistan — American and other coalition forces here are being killed in increasing numbers by the very Afghan soldiers they fight alongside and train, in attacks motivated by deep-seated animosity between the supposedly allied forces, according to American and Afghan officers and a classified coalition report. A decade into the war in Afghanistan, the report makes clear that these killings have become the most visible symptom of a far deeper ailment plaguing the war effort: the contempt each side holds for the other, never mind the Taliban. The ill will and mistrust run deep among civilians and militaries on...

KABUL — A man wearing an Afghan National Army uniform turned his gun on NATO soldiers in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing one service member, the U.S.-led coalition said. The incident was the most recent in a string of attacks executed by men wearing Afghan army or police uniforms, creating tension between NATO troops and the Afghan recruits whom they are charged with training. The attack took place in Helmand province, according to the Associated Press, one of seven provinces where NATO is due to hand over control to Afghan security forces over the next two weeks.

A suicide car bomber struck a NATO convoy in Kabul, killing at least four people, Afghan officials said. In the south, a man wearing an Afghan military uniform turned his weapons on NATO and Afghan troops, killing two NATO service members, the U.S.-led coalition said. The Taliban promptly claimed responsibility for the Kabul attack, which took place near Darulaman Palace, the bombed-out seat of former Afghan kings on the southwest outskirts of the capital. NATO said there were "several" causalities among its forces and Afghan civilians, but did not provide details. The attack was the deadliest of three separate incidents...

Afghan soldiers turned guns on their US and NATO trainers more in 2011 than perhaps any other year, and the military organization running the war in Afghanistan has responded by choosing not to report details of these incidents. The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), a NATO-led security mission established by the UN Security Council in 2001 to secure Afghanistan, has opted to leave the announcements up to the respective nation whose soldiers are killed. Sometimes, the incidents are simply not reported. Last week, a rogue Afghan National Army soldier turned his weapon on his French trainers in Kapisa Province, killing...

A Taliban suicide bomber attacked a provincial governor's compound in Takhar, killing the police chief of northern Afghanistan and seriously injuring a top Nato commander. Two other Afghan officials were also reported to have died in the attack. Several international servicemen were reported injured by eyewitnesses. German officials confirmed to Spiegel magazine Major General Markus Kneip, who commands Nato forces in the north Afghanistan, had received wounds that were "severe" but not life-threatening. A Nato spokesman in Kabul confirmed western casualties but was unable to provide details. The Taliban, meanwhile, claimed responsibility for the attack and pledged that "killing high...

KABUL, Afghanistan — Like hundreds of thousands of Afghan men, he volunteered in the national army, ran drills in the mud, carried an automatic rifle, and worked alongside coalition mentors struggling against a hardcore insurgency. But he was not one of them. On Saturday, he walked into a meeting of NATO trainers and Afghan troops at Forward Operating Base Gamberi in the eastern province of Laghman and detonated a vest of explosives hidden underneath his uniform, killing nine. Five NATO troopers, four Afghan soldiers and an interpreter were killed in the deadliest sleeper agent assault since November, when an Afghan...

Two Nato soldiers have been shot dead by an Afghan border policeman in Afghanistan's northern Faryab province, local officials say. They say the victims were Americans, adding that the gunman fled the checkpoint where the shooting happened. Nato is now investigating the incident. But another account says that the shots were fired from a nearby house and the police officer ran away at that point. Nato is due begin transferring power to local Afghan forces in July. 'Mobile phone recovered' The Afghan border policeman opened fire on the Americans after a verbal clash during a joint patrol, a senior Afghan...

THE Defence Department has confirmed the deaths of three Australian soldiers in Afghanistan - but hasn't commented on reports that they were shot by a rogue Afghan soldier. Seven Australians were also wounded, an an Afghan interpreter was killed, it said. The next of kin have been informed. Defence gave no details today of the deadly incident yesterday morning, saying it was waiting for facts to be confirmed. But reports late last night said a rogue Afghan soldier had turned his gun on his trainers. The shooting occurred during a morning parade at Shah Wali Kot in Kandahar province, the...

KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan soldier turned his gun on American military personnel while they were playing volleyball at a camp in southern Afghanistan, killing one and wounding three others before being fatally shot, the Afghan police said on Monday. It was the third time in just over two weeks that a man wearing an Afghan Army uniform attacked NATO personnel. In the earlier cases, the Taliban claimed responsibility, although there was no immediate claim in this case that the Afghan soldier had Taliban sympathies. The attack took place on Sunday afternoon in Qalat, the capital of Zabul Province. The...

An Afghan Air Corps pilot, angered by an argument with nine American trainers at Kabul airport, pulled a gun on the Americans, disarmed them and methodically killed them, officials said today. The shooter then apparently shot and killed himself. The Afghan military said the gunman was a 20 year veteran of the Afghan Air Corps who had gotten in an argument with the American trainers during a meeting in a conference room at the Afghan Air Force headquarters. A U.S. official told ABC News they believe the pilot left the meeting after the argument, then returned and forced the Americans...

A former member of the Afghan army who seriously wounded three Australian troops last year has boasted about the attack in a video posted online. Muhammed Rozi shot the diggers along with two Afghans at a patrol base in Uruzgan province in November. He opened fire on his mentors from a watchtower at the base, using an automatic weapon and grenade launcher to inflict maximum damage. It was the third attack by a Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier on Australian troops in 2011, and came 10 days after three Australians were killed and seven were wounded when another Afghan soldier...

... SALLY SARA: Well Tony, the information that we have at this stage is that as you said an Afghan army soldier opened fire from a guard tower in an area known as Charmistan in Uruzgan province. The soldier opened fire, wounding three Australian soldiers and two Afghan soldiers. The wounds that the Australian soldiers received have been described as non-life threatening, along with the Afghan soldiers as well. The wounded were taken to the military hospital at Tarin Kowt for treatment and they're receiving treatment as we speak. TONY EASTLEY: Sally, the gunman himself - is there any doubt...