NATO said on Saturday that the Afghan soldier opened fire on the troopers and killed them in the city of Sangin in Helmand province on Friday evening.
“The coalition and the Afghan government” launched a joint investigation into the incident, NATO added.
“An Afghan soldier shot and killed the American service members on their base” Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef said in a statement on Saturday.
He added that the Afghan solider defected to the militants after killing the Americans.
Taliban militants “took him to a safe place,” the Taliban spokesperson further explained.
Tatarewicz: Doesn't seem to be much about this in the West's Zionist media. Something as abnormal/unusual as this is usually considered of reader interest. Oh well, at least NATO is doing a good job of training the Afghan Army but too bad the coalition of dummies doesn't realize that Afghans know who their real enemy is.
The year 2010 has become the deadliest year for the US-led foreign forces since the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.
As the security situation continues to deteriorate in Afghanistan, US-led forces are killed by Taliban militants on a near-daily basis.
According to official figures, more than 2,100 US-led soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since the US-led invasion of the country.
Figures released by Afghanistan's Baakhtar News Agency, however, put the death toll at near 4,500.
Western public opinion is growing increasingly tired of the war and mounting casualties. The United States and NATO have more than 150,000 troops in the war-torn country.
The developments come at a time when the US and its allies have stepped up a bombing campaign in troubled southern Afghanistan.
US-led foreign forces have been criticized for military operations, which have led to death and destruction in war-ravaged Afghanistan.
More than 100,000 Afghans have been killed since the US-led invasion of the country in 2001.
The loss of civilian lives at the hand of foreign forces has led to a dramatic increase in anti-American sentiments in Afghanistan.