Afghan policeman opens fire on colleagues, kills seven

Kabul: A local official said an Afghan policeman turned his gun on his colleagues at a checkpoint in the south, killing seven policemen. [caption id=“attachment_1652423” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] An Afghan policeman opened fire on his colleagues today. AP[/caption] The shooting was the latest among so-called insider attacks in which Afghan forces or gunmen in Afghan police or army uniforms turn their weapon on Afghan colleagues or NATO allies. Doost Mohammad Nayab, a spokesman in southern Uruzgan province, says the attack happened Tuesday night in the provincial capital of Tirin Kot. After killing seven policemen, the attacker stole their weapons and fled in a police car. Nayab says the shooter had Taliban connections and blamed the insurgents for the attack. Earlier Tuesday, a gunman dressed as an Afghan soldier turned on allied troops, killing an American major general and wounding about 15 US and coalition forces.