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Page 1: Three US contractors killed. An Afghan soldier linked to the Taliban killed three U.S. contractors and wounded a fourth on Thursday at Kabul's military

Three US contractors

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Page 2: Three US contractors killed. An Afghan soldier linked to the Taliban killed three U.S. contractors and wounded a fourth on Thursday at Kabul's military

An Afghan soldier linked to the Taliban killed three U.S. contractors and wounded a fourth on Thursday at Kabul's military airport. An increase in so-called

insider attacks in Afghanistan eroded trust between government forces and their international allies in the final years of the combat mission that ended in 2014, prompting foreign forces to scale

back interaction with Afghans. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack saying a militant

infiltrator had carried it out. The Afghan air force official said it was not clear why the attacker had

killed the advisers. The international force in Afghanistan confirmed the shooting took place on

Thursday evening. It also confirmed that one Afghan had been killed but it did not specify that

he was the attacker.

Page 3: Three US contractors killed. An Afghan soldier linked to the Taliban killed three U.S. contractors and wounded a fourth on Thursday at Kabul's military

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