Apr. 27., 2011. - Afghan pilot kills Nato colleagues

[SgtJim]

KABUL, Afghanistan - Eight NATO service members and a contractor are dead after an Afghan military pilot opened fire on the foreign troops following a dispute at the airport in Kabul.

Wednesday's shooting was the deadliest incident in which a member of the Afghan security forces turned against coalition forces.

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A veteran Afghan officer has shot dead eight Nato troops and a civilian before being killed himself after an argument at Kabul airport.
Nato did not disclose the nationalities of the troops killed pending notification of their families.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, but Defence Ministry spokesman General Mohammad Zahir Azimi said the gunman had been involved in a row.
The killer was was Ahmad Gul, a 50-year-old pilot from Tarakhail district of Kabul province.
"An argument happened between him and the foreigners and we have to investigate that," said General Azimi
The Taliban claimed that the gunman was impersonating an army officer and that others at the facility helped him gain access. .


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early updates from ISAF:


Update 1 to small arms fire at North KAIA

KABUL, Afghanistan -- At 10:25 a.m. local Kabul time this morning authorities received notification of small arms fire at North Kabul International Airport. A quick reaction force responded to the incident.

Six International Security Assistance Force troops were killed in the incident.

It is ISAF policy not to disclose the nationality of any casualties until proper notifications are made.

North Kabul International Airport is home to NATO Air Training Command Afghanistan.

For more information call: +93-070-068-8578.


Update 2 to small arms fire at North KAIA

Eight International Security Assistance Force troops and a contractor were killed in the incident.

[cormack]

This is not the first time it's happened and it won't be the last, R.I.P to the NATO colleagues!

[nastyleg]

Hope he burns in hell

[Benda]

Dirty bastard.

How the hell can anyone in that country be trusted. My thoughts are, that most if not all of them would sell our troops out to the radicals at the drop of a hat.

[SgtJim]

***UPDATE***

Preliminary Investigation Findings from Attack at North KAIA

ISAF Headquarters Public Affairs
2011-4-CA-016

KABUL, Afghanistan (April 29, 2011) – In light of inaccuracy in media reports to date on this incident, the International Security Assistance Force is releasing initial findings of the investigation into the deaths at North Kabul International Airport.

Preliminary findings of this investigation indicate that the NATO trainers who were killed were armed with weapons and ammunition. In addition, initial ballistics analysis and post-event imagery indicate that the alleged gunman, who appeared to be acting alone, was severely wounded prior to departing the room where the initial attack took place. Initial reports also indicate the gunman appeared to be carrying two weapons. The gunman was later found dead at a different location within the building.

At this point in the investigation, it appears that the gunman was acting alone. Beyond that, no Taliban connection with the gunman has been discovered; however, the investigation is still ongoing, and we have not conclusively ruled out that possibility.

Following the attack at North KAIA on April 27 that resulted in the death of eight NATO service members and one civilian trainer, NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan initiated a combined investigation with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to determine the circumstances surrounding the incident. Additional investigation results will be released when available.

For more information call LTC Shawn Stroud, NTM-A Director of Communication at +93-070-681-8896.

[SgtJim]

***UPDATE***

The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of Airmen who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
They died April 27, at the Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered from gunfire.

Capt. Nathan J. Nylander, 35, of Hockley, Texas. He was assigned to the 25th Operational Weather Squadron, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.

Capt. Charles A. Ransom, 31, of Midlothian, Va. He was assigned to the 83rd Network Operations Squadron, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.

Maj. Raymond G. Estelle II, 40, of New Haven, Conn. He was assigned to Headquarters Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.

Lt. Col. Frank D. Bryant Jr., 37, of Knoxville, Tenn. He was assigned to the 56th Operations Group, Luke Air Force Base, Ariz.

Master Sgt. Tara R. Brown, 33, of Deltona, Fla. She was assigned to the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Joint Base Andrews, Md.

Maj. David L. Brodeur,34, of Auburn, Mass. He was assigned to the 11th Air Force, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.

Maj. Jeffrey O. Ausborn, 41, of Gadsden, Ala. He was assigned to the 99th Flying Training Squadron, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas.

Maj. Philip D. Ambard, 44, of Edmonds, Wash. He was assigned to the 460th Space Communications Squadron, Buckley Air Force Base, Colo.




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