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Afghan soldier attacks U.S. troops

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A soldier in Afghanistan has attacked US troops at a military base, in the northern Balkh province on Saturday, wounding seven.

The US soldiers were evacuated after the “insider attack”  a spokesman for the US military command said.

The Nato-led Resolute Support mission said one Afghan soldier was killed and another injured in the incident at Camp Shaheen, in Mazar-e Sharif city.

However, earlier reports of American soldiers being killed were dismissed. But It is not clear whether the Afghan killed was also the attacker.

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The Taliban have said the shooting was carried out by a man loyal to them, according to Reuters.

Resolute Support said the attack, which took place at about 14:00 local time (09:30 GMT), was under investigation.

It comes a week after an Afghan army commando shot dead three US special forces soldiers in eastern Afghanistan.

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