World | insider attacks Insider Shooting Kills 2 US Troops Officer opens fire in Afghan police station: officials By Matt Cantor Posted Mar 11, 2013 6:43 AM CDT Copied In this Friday, May 1, 2009 photo, US soldiers patrol during a search operation in Nerkh district of Wardak province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) A new insider attack in Afghanistan has left five people dead, two of them Americans, say officials. As US troops visited a police station in Wardak province, an Afghan officer reportedly opened fire. Two US troops and three Afghan police were killed in the ensuing skirmish, the AP reports. The clash occurred a day after the Afghan-set deadline for US special forces—which make up the majority of US troops in Wardak—to exit the province. Last month, 17 police officers were killed in a particularly deadly insider attack. Read These Next You may recognize him from Family Matters. He's now in jail. Diane Keaton, Godfather and Annie Hall star, dies. Plant explosion left no survivors, sheriff says. Trump administration begins federal layoffs amid shutdown. Report an error