Long War Journal: 2 Romanian soldiers killed in insider attack in Afghanistan
Two Romanian soldiers were killed and another was wounded today in an insider or “green-on-blue” attack, where Afghan security personnel turn their weapons on coalition forces. The Romanian troops were ambushed on a base in Kandahar as they were training Afghan forces. The assault is the first of its kind recorded in Afghanistan in more than a year.
Resolute Support, the NATO mission in Afghanistan, confirmed that two soldiers were killed today “when two individuals wearing Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) uniforms opened fire at an ANDSF compound in Southern Afghanistan,” according to a press release.
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More News On 2 Romanian Soldiers Killed In An Insider Attack In Afghanistan
Romanian soldiers killed in apparent insider attack in southern Afghanistan -- Washington Post
Two Romanian soldiers killed in Afghan 'insider attack' -- AFP
Afghanistan: Nato soldiers killed in 'green-on-blue' attack -- BBC
Two Nato soldiers killed in Afghan 'insider attack' -- The Independent
Two Romanian Nato soldiers killed in Afghanistan insider attack -- The Telegraph
2 NATO Service Members Killed in Afghanistan -- VOA
Afghan Army Recruits Fire on Troops at Coalition Base, Killing Two Romanians -- WSJ
Green on blue attack: 2 NATO soldiers killed by shooters dressed as Afghan troops -- RT
2 NATO soldiers killed by individuals in Afghan forces uniform in south -- Khaama Press
2 comments:
I remember the Romanians doing perimeter patrol. They found an IED on the road we had been using everyday to get back and forth from our worksite. They found that the Taliban had been infiltrating using the wadi and a culvert. They told us if we had been five minutes earlier we'd be dead (we were in a 1/2 ton Toyota).
They took care of the problem in the Wadi with a BTR.
If I live to be 100 I will never forget that day or the Romanians.
Dumnezeu sa-i aiba in pace !
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