Six U.S Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
The soldiers were killed by a civilian employee in two separate attacks.
Two separate gun attacks on Nato-led troops in south Afghanistan have left a total of six US soldiers dead, coalition officials say.
An Afghan civilian employee shot three soldiers, all from the US, at a base in Helmand province on Friday evening.
Earlier on the same day, also in Helmand, an Afghan police officer shot three US marines after inviting them to dinner at a checkpoint.
Editor's Note: As of February 29, 2024, commenting privileges on reason.com posts are limited to Reason Plus subscribers. Past commenters are grandfathered in for a temporary period. Subscribe here to preserve your ability to comment. Your Reason Plus subscription also gives you an ad-free version of reason.com, along with full access to the digital edition and archives of Reason magazine. We request that comments be civil and on-topic. We do not moderate or assume any responsibility for comments, which are owned by the readers who post them. Comments do not represent the views of reason.com or Reason Foundation. We reserve the right to delete any comment and ban commenters for any reason at any time. Comments may only be edited within 5 minutes of posting. Report abuses.
Please
to post comments
One of our drones ought to invite that Afghan civilian employee to dinner. Innocent before proven guilty my ass. Soldiers over there now know better when they need to pack their own lunch, but one never can be sure. It's a damned war.
Marine ? Soldier. They are not interchangeable terms.