US Civilian killed by Afghan Gunmen
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on July 24, 2012
Washington Post July 24, 2012
An official for the Afghan National Security Directorate, Nihmatullah, said one of the shooters was wearing a
uniform of the Afghan Local Police, a village-level security organization. Like many Afghans, he goes by one name.
(AP) CNN News KABUL, Afghanistan – July 24, 2012
The U.S. embassy and Afghan officials say an American civilian who reportedly worked as an electrical engineer in
northern Afghanistan has been killed by gunmen.
The U.S. Embassy on Tuesday could not provide further details because of privacy laws, but three Afghan security
officials say the man, an electrical engineer working in Afghanistan for about 30 years, was shot Monday by
gunmen as he rode in a mini-bus in northern Parwan province. The gunmen, two or three in number, also killed two
Afghans, the driver and one of the man’s colleagues, they said.
Shirin Agha, the police chief in Parwan’s Siahgerd district, said on Tuesday that the American had been dressed in
Afghan clothes and had a long beard
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