Six Nato troops were shot dead by a man wearing a border police uniform during a training exercise in eastern Afghanistan today, the worst incident involving foreign troops in more than a month.
"An individual in an Afghan Border Police uniform turned his weapon against International Security Assistance Forces during a training mission today, killing six service members in eastern Afghanistan," the Nato-led force said in a statement.
The statement said the person who shot the troops was also killed. It gave no other details, including the nationality of those killed.
Agencies