http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2008/October/international_October1100.xml§ion=internationalKABUL, Afghanistan - An Afghan policeman opened fire and threw a hand grenade into a U.S. military patrol in eastern Afghanistan, killing an American soldier and raising fears that insurgents have infiltrated the police force.
Meanwhile, an airstrike by foreign troops in southern Helmand province killed several women and children Thursday, a provincial police chief said.
The officer standing on a tower attacked the American foot patrol returning to a base in Bermel district of the eastern Paktika province Thursday, the U.S. military said. The troops returned fire on the tower, killing the policemen.
It was the second attack on U.S. soldiers by an Afghan policemen in less than a month.