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Woman targets American

It’s 1st such killing by female Afghan

By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Posted: December 25, 2012 at 5:06 a.m.

Credit: AP
 Afghan policemen stand guard outside of Kabul police headquarters, where a an American advisor was killed, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Dec. 24, 2014. An Afghan policewoman killed an American adviser at the Kabul police headquarters on Monday, a senior Afghan police official said. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

A female Afghan police sergeant shot and killed an American contractor in Kabul on Monday, police officials said, the first such shooting by a woman in a spate of insider attacks by Afghans against their foreign allies.

Afghan policewoman kills U.S. adviser in Kabul

An Afghan policewoman shot and killed an American adviser outside the police headquarters in Kabul on Monday, the latest in a rising tide of insider attacks by Afghans against their foreign allies, senior Afghan officials said. (By The Associated Press)
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