By IANS,
Kabul : Taliban militants have claimed responsibility for the killing of two US soldiers in Afghanistan’s Uruzgan province Thursday by a man wearing Afghan police uniform, Xinhua reported Friday.
Zabihullah Mujahid, speaking for Taliban, told local media that the attacker was a Taliban loyalist who infiltrated into the ranks of Afghan security forces to kill foreign troops.
The NATO-led coalition forces also confirmed the Thursday’s attack and the killings.
“Two US Forces-Afghanistan service members died after an individual wearing an Afghan National Police uniform turned his weapon against them in Khas Uruzgan, Uruzgan,” the coalition said in a statement.
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