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There have been 32 insider attacks so far this year involving 36 shooters that have led to 40 coalition deaths. PHOTO: AFP/FILE
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Monday said the United States needed to do more to safeguard US troops after a spate of Afghan “insider” attacks that have left 10 American troops killed in the past two weeks.
His comments came during a visit by the top US military officer, General Martin Dempsey, to Afghanistan, where the killings of American forces by Afghans have topped the agenda.
Obama, who spoke to Dempsey earlier in the day, said he would reach out to Afghan President Hamid Karzai about the killings.
“We’ve been watching with deep concern these so-called green-on-blue attacks, where you have Afghan individuals, some of whom are actually enrolled in the Afghan military, … attacking coalition forces,” Obama said.
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