Afghanistan police officer kills 6 U.S. troops

Afghan national Army soldiers attached to First Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division take off their ammunition before an Afghan National Army training program graduation in Panjwai district, Afghanistan's Kandahar province, Monday, Nov. 29, 2010.

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An Afghanistan border police officer fired on NATO troops during a training mission in the east of the country Monday, killing six Americans before he was shot dead, U.S. and Afghan officials said.

The attack comes amid a push to speedily expand Afghanistan's army and police forces in the next few years. The goal is to turn over the responsibility for nationwide security to Afghan forces by 2014 so that NATO troops can go home.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, saying the gunman joined the border police in order to kill foreign soldiers.

The incident happened in Pachir Wagam district of Nangarhar province - right on the border with Pakistan.
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