KABUL: A man wearing Afghan uniform shot dead three NATO-led soldiers on Saturday in the east of the country, the international coalition said, in the latest apparent example of an "insider attack".
"Three ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) members were killed when an individual wearing ANSF (Afghan National Security Force) uniform turned his weapon on them and opened fire," a spokesman told AFP.
ISAF said on its Twitter feed that it was "investigating a possible insider attack in eastern Afghanistan".
Local officials in the eastern province of Paktika confirmed the incident had taken place in the district of Khair Kot.
"There has been an attack by a suspected member of the Afghan forces targeting NATO soldiers," Mukhlis Afghan, the spokesman for Paktika's governor, told AFP.
The Taliban launched their annual "spring offensive" at the end of April 27, opening a crucial period for Afghanistan as local security forces take the lead in offensives against the insurgents.
The Islamist militants said multiple suicide bombings and "insider attacks" by Afghan soldiers on NATO-led troops would be used to inflict maximum casualties.
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