Three NATO Troops Gunned Down By Afghan "Policeman" Were British

The details have come out regarding the tragic shooting of three NATO troops yesterday and it is now confirmed that they were British troops - they had finished a meeting with Afghan elders at a checkpoint when, upon leaving, they were shot in the back by a jihadi dressed as an Afghan policeman.

From the report at DAWN:

The three Nato soldiers shot dead Sunday in Afghanistan by a man wearing an Afghan police uniform were British, the Ministry of Defence said Monday.

The MoD said the soldiers came under gunfire at a checkpoint in Nahr-e-Saraj, Helmand province, in the southwest of the country, where they were meeting local elders.

“On leaving, they were engaged by small arms fire by a man wearing an Afghan Police uniform,” a statement from Britain’s defence ministry said. “During this exchange of fire the three soldiers were wounded and despite receiving first aid at the scene, they died of their injuries.”

The MoD said the soldiers, who were serving with an Afghan police advisory team, had gone to the Kamparack Pul checkpoint for a “shura” — a meeting with Afghan elders.

“It is with deep regret that I must inform you that three soldiers, two serving with 1st Battalion Welsh Guards and one serving with the Royal Corps of Signals, have been killed in an incident at Check Point Kamparack Pul in the Nahr-e-Saraj district of Helmand Province,” said Major Ian Lawrence, a spokesman for Task Force Helmand.

My heart goes out to the British families of these men gunned down.

We are getting to the point in Afghanistan where NATO forces are going to be quick on the trigger in these situations and in self defense, we are going to see them react to anything suspicious in these types of settings.  And who in the hell will blame them?  The fact of the matter is that the Afghan National Army and these police forces are doing NOTHING to monitor their own ranks.

Three soldiers killed in Afghanistan were British: ministry


LONDON: The three Nato soldiers shot dead Sunday in Afghanistan by a man wearing an Afghan police uniform were British, the Ministry of Defence said Monday.

The MoD said the soldiers came under gunfire at a checkpoint in Nahr-e-Saraj, Helmand province, in the southwest of the country, where they were meeting local elders.

“On leaving, they were engaged by small arms fire by a man wearing an Afghan Police uniform,” a statement from Britain’s defence ministry said. “During this exchange of fire the three soldiers were wounded and despite receiving first aid at the scene, they died of their injuries.”

The MoD said the soldiers, who were serving with an Afghan police advisory team, had gone to the Kamparack Pul checkpoint for a “shura” — a meeting with Afghan elders.

“It is with deep regret that I must inform you that three soldiers, two serving with 1st Battalion Welsh Guards and one serving with the Royal Corps of Signals, have been killed in an incident at Check Point Kamparack Pul in the Nahr-e-Saraj district of Helmand Province,” said Major Ian Lawrence, a spokesman for Task Force Helmand.

The soldiers’ families have been informed.

The deaths take the toll this year in “green-on-blue” killings — in which Afghan forces turn their weapons against their Western allies — to at least 26, in a total of 18 such incidents.

Nato”s International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) said the gunman was wounded and detained after the attack, which happened around 5:00 pm (1230 GMT). It is not yet clear whether the attacker was a police officer or not.