Afghan Military Pilot Kills 8 NATO Troops At Airport -- L.A. Times
The attacker and a contractor also die when gunfire erupts after an argument, officials say. The Taliban claims to have ordered the assault.
At least eight NATO troops were killed when a veteran Afghan air force pilot opened fire Wednesday morning inside a military compound at North Kabul International Airport, in what the Taliban claimed was the latest deadly attack by an insurgent infiltrator.
NATO officials released a statement saying eight troops and a contractor had died after the shooting, but they declined to confirm reports that six of the dead were Americans. It was not clear how many Afghan security forces were killed or wounded.
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