Two U.S. soldiers from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was shot dead Afghan border police in the northern part of the country, on Monday (4 / 4). The gunman is now a fugitive.
"According to initial reports, an Afghan border police uniforms opened fire on members of the ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) in the group," the NATO statement said.
The shooting occurred when Najamuddin, Afghan border police colonel, was in a meeting with several U.S. advisers. "Two U.S. soldiers were on guard outside the office together with one of our members," said Najm al-Din told the French news agency AFP.
"We heard gunfire. When he came out, we saw our men shot dead two U.S. soldiers and he ran away. We're checking," he said.
General Habibullah Sayedkhaily, border police brigade commander in Faryab, make sure the incident and expressed investigate how it happened.
In a series of previous events, members or pseudonym Afghan security forces killed a member of their foreign colleagues.
In November last year, an Afghan border police killed six American soldiers, who train local police. MUST READ, WAR CRIME
Nearly 140,000 foreign soldiers, most of NATO troops, deployed under the leadership of the United States, in Afghanistan to defeat the Taliban-led insurgency.
Some 81 members of parliament the United States, most members of the Democratic allies of the White House, in mid-March press President Barack Obama to attract the big superpower troops from Afghanistan in July 2011.
"Let's be clear. Withdrawal of a small number of U.S. troops from Afghanistan in July would not meet the expectations of Congress or the American people," said the group, all members of Parliament, in a letter to Obama.
Members of parliament, only four of them from Republicans, expressed support for Obama's plan began to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan at the latest by July 2011, with the goal of transferring security to Afghan forces by 2014.
"We, members of Congress, believe that the future reduction of the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan should be big enough and mean and implemented on a regular basis," they said.
The letter, made a member of Parliament from the Democrat Barbara Lee and advocacy groups announced Peace Step, appeared on the eve of the House of Representatives vote on a resolution calling on the termination of the war.
The letter noted that polls show the people of the United States strongly believes that war is not feasible, and the record high cost of crisis at a time when many government activities trimmed.
United States popular support for the war in Afghanistan dropped to its lowest level since Barack Obama became president, the poll said.
Quinnipiac University poll, which was launched in the middle of February, showed that 51-41 voters said the United States should not engage in Afghanistan. (Ant / ICH)
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