LONDON, (Reuters) – An Afghan policeman, who the Taliban said was one of its fighters, has killed five British soldiers at a checkpoint in Afghanistan, raising the possibility that the militants might have infiltrated the police force.
The gunman opened fire at a military compound in Helmand province on Tuesday, a day after Afghan election officials cancelled a run-off vote in disputed presidential elections and gave President Hamid Karzai a second term in office.
British soldiers returned fire but the policeman escaped and is still at large, a defence ministry spokeswoman said. An investigation into the shooting is under way.
“It appears that they were targeted because they were engaged in what our enemies fear most — they were mentoring and training Afghan forces,” British Prime Minister Gordon Brown told parliament.
Obama send mo american lives deh pls…
train dem up to fight like your boys…
who dem gon fight wen trainin done?
You!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ehehehehehehehehehehehehe…..
ask borapoke and tiger how many times dem bin to highway of heros fuh de canadian guya n gals killed in afghanistan….
did any of yuh tell harpy nat to sen mo troops..
or…tell him to bring dem ome???
nahhh…yawl cant….yuh too busy bashin guyana….
You ain’t rooting for your own C’da boy?
more to come!
Who are you rooting for NOW?
This is the second time that something like this has happened to British troops.The first time was in Aden. This will not happen a third time.