NATO soldier was killed in Afghanistan Tuesday in the latest of a series of \"green-on-blue\" attacks in which Afghan troops attack their US-led allies, the military said. \"An International Security Assistance Force service member died when two individuals wearing Afghan National Army uniforms turned their weapons against ISAF service members in eastern Afghanistan today,\" ISAF said. NATO gave no further details and, in line with policy, left the identification of the dead soldier to the home country. The shooting is the latest in an increasing number of attacks in which Afghan soldiers have turned their weapons against NATO troops helping Kabul fight a decade-long insurgency by hardline Taliban Islamists. Some of the attacks are claimed by the Taliban, who say they have infiltrated Afghan army ranks, but many are attributed to cultural differences and antagonism between the allied forces. The attack came on the same day that nine civilians were killed in a roadside bomb explosion on the outskirts of Kabul and a suicide truck bomb attack was launched against a NATO base south of the capital. A French soldier and around 10 Taliban fighters were also killed in an early morning ambush and subsequent firefight during a joint operation with the Afghan army in Kapisa province near Kabul, French officials said.
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