Nato troops killed by Afghan forces – timeline

Incidents in which Afghan police or soldiers killed coalition troops, so-called green-on-blue attacks, have happened several times since the start of US-led operations in late 2001. According to one tally from late last year, such attacks have claimed the lives of at least 52 overseas troops. Nato analysis of this figure showed stress caused by combat was blamed for more than a third of these incidents, even if the Taliban often claimed responsibility. Taliban involvement was confirmed in about a quarter of the cases. 20 January 2012 France says it is suspending military training operations in Afghanistan after four of its troops are killed by an Afghan soldier in eastern Kapisa province. "The French army is not in Afghanistan so that Afghan soldiers can shoot at them," says the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy. 2011 29 December An Afghan army soldier shoots dead two French Foreign Legion troops , also in Kapisa province, before he is shot dead. The Taliban claims responsibility. 9 November All Afghan soldiers at a patrol base in the south of the country are confined to barracks after one turns his gun on Australian troops , seriously injuring three of them. 27 April In the worst such incident so far during the Afghan mission, a highly experienced Afghan air force pilot turns his gun on foreign forces during a meeting in Kabul, killing eight US troops and one US civilian contractor, before being killed himself. 18 February Three German soldiers are killed when an Afghan soldier shoots at them in the northern province of Baghlan . After the incident there are some reports of German troops refusing to go on patrol with Afghan counterparts. 2010 29 November An Afghan policeman shoots dead six US soldiers during a training exercise in the eastern province of Nangahar, before being killed himself. 13 July Three British Royal Gurkha Rifles soldiers are killed by an Afghan soldier using a gun and rocket-propelled grenade in the early hours of the morning at a remote joint British-Afghan base in Helmand province. The Ministry of Defence says the attack appears to have been premeditated. 2009 3 November An Afghan policeman climbs on to the roof of a compound in Helmand province and shoots dead four British troops , injuring eight more, before escaping.