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An American soldier was killed and another wounded in an "attack attack" in Kabul on Saturday, said NATO, during the latest attack of this type against international forces in Afghanistan.
There was no immediate demand for responsibility for the third "green on blue" attack in less than three weeks that shook foreign troops to train and assist the war-torn country's armed forces. .
The Taliban claimed two similar attacks in the western province of Herat on October 22 and in the southern province of Kandahar on October 18. General Scott Miller, Supreme Commander of NATO and the United States in Afghanistan, narrowly escaped the latest attack that killed a powerful police chief.
"Initial reports indicate that the attacker was a member of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces," said the NATO Resolute Support Mission in a statement.
The attacker was killed by "other Afghan forces," he added.
The latest "green on blue" attack – in which Afghan forces use their weapons against the international soldiers they work with – brings to eight the number of American soldiers killed in Afghanistan this year.
The wounded US soldier was flown to Bagram Airfield, north of the Afghan capital, where he was being treated. He was in a "stable state".
An investigation into the incident was underway, the statement said.
The identity of the dead soldier was not immediately revealed.
There are currently about 14,000 US troops in Afghanistan, the main component of the Resolute Support mission, which is to support and train local forces.
More than 2,000 American soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since the beginning of the war in 2001.
Although the number of casualties has dropped significantly since the withdrawal of NATO combat troops in late 2014, the deadly burden has been transferred to the Afghan security forces, which are suffering record losses.
But the internal attack on a high-level meeting on security in Kandahar, attended by Miller, shocked the US military, whose generals rarely face an attack and are rarely injured.
The attacker killed three people, including General Abdul Raziq, considered a bulwark against the Taliban insurgency in the south of the country.
Thirteen others were injured, including US Brigadier General Jeffrey Smiley.
This incident was followed four days later by an attack in the province of Herat that killed one NATO soldier and injured two others. All the victims were Czech.
After the Herat attack, the Resolute Support mission reduced its operations in Afghanistan for several days, avoiding direct contact with its Afghan counterparts.
There are approximately 14,000 US troops in Afghanistan, the main component of the Resolute Support mission to support and train local forces.
