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At Least Three US Soldiers Wounded After Afghan Base Attack

by VOA News

   WASHINGTON --

   One Afghan soldier was killed, and at least three United States
   soldiers and another Afghan soldier were wounded Saturday in the
   northern Balkh province of Afghanistan after an Afghan soldier opened
   fire on them in an apparent insider attack, military officials said.

   "We are investigating and have no reports yet of any foreign troops
   killed in the attack. Initial information shows three US soldiers
   visiting the base were wounded," Mohammad Radmanish, a spokesman for
   the Afghan Defense Ministry said.

   Radmanish told VOA the attacker also was killed.

   Initial reports of the incident from an Afghan army commander said the
   soldiers were killed in the attack, but the U.S. military command in
   Afghanistan denied that the soldiers were dead.

   The attack occurred at Camp Shaheen, which serves as the headquarters
   for the Afghan Army's 209th Corps in Mazar-i-Sharif.

   Local residents say they have seen military helicopters hovering over
   the area.