A German soldier has been killed and at least eight others wounded after a man wearing an Afghan National Army uniform fired at coalition troops working on a vehicle in northern Afghanistan.
Nato said the shooting, which is still being investigated, occurred before noon on Friday inside a coalition compound in the Baghlan provincial capital of Pul-e-Khumri.
Coalition troops returned fire, critically injuring the gunman, Nato said.
At least eight people also died earlier in a suicide bombing in Khost province along the Afghan border with Pakistan.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing, which targeted a police station.
Two policemen – a patrolman and an officer – were among the dead, said Abdul-Hakim Isaqzai, the police chief of Khost province, which borders Pakistan.
“It was very powerful. It shook Khost city,” he said of the blast. Amir Pacha, director of hospitals in the province, said at least 30 other people, mostly civilians, were wounded in the blast.
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