U.S. Army Spc. Robert Zarlenga, front, fires his M4 carbine at insurgent forces near Joint Security Station Hasan in southern Afghanistan's Ghazni province, June 15, 2012. Zarlenga is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Company D, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod
Series Of Attacks Underscores Difficulties US Troops Face Training Afghan Forces -- Stars and Stripes/The Fayetteville Observer
Pfc. Jarrod A. Lallier was gunned down Monday by men who were wearing the uniforms of his allies.
The 20-year-old Fort Bragg paratrooper died when three men in Afghan police uniforms fired on a group of soldiers with small arms and a rocket-propelled grenade launcher, military officials said.
The men who killed Lallier escaped, so it isn't clear whether they were actually Afghan police or Taliban militants in stolen uniforms.
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