Pilot shoots dead US troops near Afghan airport
By Afghanistan correspondent Sally Sara, wires
Eight American soldiers and a US contractor have been shot dead by an Afghan air force pilot after a row at a NATO training centre for the national air force in Kabul.
The pilot fired on the soldiers in a conference room at the military side of Kabul International Airport. More
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