Men wearing Afghan military uniforms shot dead two Nato soldiers in the country's south Wednesday, the coalition said, the first insider attack on foreign troops since the Taliban's bitter power transition. No group has so far claimed responsibility for Wednesday's attack in Helmand, which coincided with the fall of a strategic district in the volatile opium-rich province to Taliban insurgents.
"Two Resolute Support (Nato) service members died early this morning when two individuals wearing Afghan (military) uniforms opened fire on their vehicle at an (Afghan security forces) compound in Helmand province," a Nato statement said. "Resolute Support service members returned fire and killed the shooters," it added, without revealing the nationalities of the foreign soldiers. So-called "green-on-blue" attacks - when Afghan soldiers or police turn their guns on international troops - have been a major problem during Nato's long years fighting alongside Afghan forces.