Two separate gun attacks on Nato-led troops in south Afghanistan have left a total of six soldiers dead, peacekeeping force officials said.
An Afghan civilian employee shot dead three soldiers, whose nationalities were not given, at a base in Helmand province on Friday.
On the same day, also in Helmand, an Afghan police officer shot three US marines after inviting them to dinner.
A British soldier was also killed on Friday "as a result of enemy action".
There is mounting concern over attacks on Nato troops by their Afghan allies.
More than 30 international coalition soldiers have been killed in 26 attacks by members of the Afghan security forces this year, a source in the International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) told AFP news agency.
In spite of the gains made by coalition forces, and their attempts to wipe out militant leaders, almost every day brings proof that Taliban militants retain the capability to kill, the BBC's Aleem Maqbool reports from Islamabad, in neighbouring Pakistan.
'No reflection'The Afghan civilian employee was detained after the shooting and is currently in Isaf custody, US military spokeswoman Maj Lori Hodge said.
The attack happened at a base shared by Afghan soldiers and Isaf troops.
In Friday's other shooting, the police commander killed the three marines as they ate before dawn, in observance of the Muslim fasting season, then fled into the darkness.
A US defence department official confirmed that the dead Americans were Marine Special Operations Forces, the Associated Press news agency reports.
Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi told AP by telephone that the attacker had joined the insurgency after the shooting.
"Now, he is with us," the spokesman said.
Writing earlier on Twitter, an Isaf spokesperson said most attacks by members of the Afghan security forces on its personnel were caused by "personal grievances or stress".
"Those incidents do not reflect the overall situation in [Afghanistan], where hundreds of thousands of soldiers, Isaf and [Afghan], work together.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19221821#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
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