Report: Taliban Claims Responsibility for Deaths of 5 British Soldiers
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The Taliban have said they were behind the killing of five British soldiers shot dead by an Afghan policeman they were training in Helmand province, Sky News reported.
A spokesman said the officer, who fled the scene and has yet to be found, was a member of their rebel organization, according to Sky News.
"It's a new Taliban tactic," he said. "We have more Taliban who have infiltrated into the police and army."
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Three soldiers from the Grenadier Guards and two from the Royal Military Police were fatally wounded during an attack following a patrol in the Nad-e'Ali district.
Six soldiers wounded in the incident are being treated at Camp Bastion, the Army's main Afghan base.