U.S. Army Lt. Col. Praxitelis Vamvakias, right, discusses combined operations with Lt. Abdul Roulf, Qara Bagh district police chief, lower left, and Afghan army Col. Mosafer, center, during a security meeting at the Qara Bagh district's center in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, July 16, 2012. Vamvakias commands the 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod
Insider Attacks Now Biggest Killer of NATO Troops -- David Axe, Danger Room
Rogue Afghan soldiers and police turning their weapons on their allies are now the leading cause of death for NATO troops. On Aug. 28 a man wearing an Afghan army uniform opened fire on Australian soldiers in the southern province of Uruzgan, killing three and wounding two.
That attack brought to 15 the total number of NATO personnel killed in so-called “green-on-blue” assaults in August — and raises serious doubts about the alliance’s war strategy, which calls for close cooperation between foreign and Afghan troops as the Afghans gradually assume responsibility for their own security.
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