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Dispute At Firing Range Leaves 3 Dead

July 21 2010

Afghanistan

An Afghan army sergeant shot and killed two U.S. trainers Tuesday during a marksmanship exercise near the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, the New York Times reports. The Afghan was then killed.

The Afghan Defense Ministry released a statement indictaing that the soldier got into an argument with the U.S. trainers. Another Afghan died in the crossfire.

A NATO soldier was also wounded in the incident at Camp Shaheen, the officials said.

The camp is used to train Afghan...

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