Posted AT 6:51 AM EST on 07/05/07
Afghan soldier kills 2 U.S. troops near prison
KABUL — Afghanistan's Defence Ministry said Monday that an Afghan soldier who shot and killed two U.S. troops the day before outside a top-security prison was mentally ill.
The gunman was shot dead by other Afghan troops at Pul-e-Charkhi prison, some 32 kilometres east of Kabul, said Maj. Sheldon Smith, a spokesman for Combined Security Transition Command, which trains Afghan security forces. The shooter also wounded two U.S. soldiers.
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