Sixteen more were injured in the incident in Kapisa province. It is believed that an Afghan non-commisioned officer got into a "verbal clash" and opened fire. French president Nicolas Sarkozy said France was suspending its training programmes in Afghanistan following the attack. He is sending his defence minister to the country imediately. Bilal Sarwary of BC says the issue of rougue soldiers and Taliban infiltrators has plagued Afghan police and army for several years, with and increasing number of incidents regarding retaliation towards the NATO forces. Three weeks ago, two members of the French Foreign Legion was shot dead by and Aghan soldier, also in Kapisa province, and five soldiers were killed by suicide bomb while on patrol. French troops has been part of the Nato-led operation in Afghan since 2001, and the country currently has 3600 troops involved.
Pro-government forces launches a major offensive to seize territory from al-Shabab
1000 soldiers backed up by 20 tanks captured three al-Shabab bases, with African Union forces backing the government, advancing outside the capital for the first time. Correspondents say this is the biggest joint offensive by the government and the AU force, Amisom, since August 2011. Al-Shabab controls many southern and central areas of the country. The al-Qaeda linked group made a "tactical withdrawal" from most of the capital last year but has continued to stage suicide attacks in the city.
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