The Pentagon says three US soldiers were killed and another was wounded Saturday in eastern Afghanistan.
"Green-on-blue" insider attacks have occurred less frequently as the number of foreign troops in the country have dropped.
This intensified push against ISIS comes as the Taliban also steps up its activity targeting US and Afghan forces elsewhere in the country. Saturday's attack comes, too, as the Trump administration debates sending up to 5,000 additional American troops to Afghanistan to the help break what senior military leaders have declared a stalemate. A group of unidentified militants stormed the mosque and opened fire on worshipers during Friday prayer in "an act against Islam and humanity", the ministry said.
In a statement from Washington, the Pentagon didn't provide details about what led to the deaths of the USA soldiers.
Several Afghan security force members were killed during an overnight operation in Helmand province on Friday when a United States military aircraft opened fire during an overnight operation.
The Afghan conflict is the longest in American history, with US-led North Atlantic Treaty Organisation troops at war there since 2001, after the ousting of the Taleban regime.
A US aircraft struck a checkpoint in the Helmand province during a joint operation. The attack left upwards of 100 militants dead.
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This type of incident, known as a "green-on-blue" attack, is not uncommon in Afghanistan.
2008 - 2 - less than 1%.
"Two police officers were killed and four others wounded. American troops were killed when an Afghan member of army commando opened fire on them", Attaullah Khogyani told Al-Jazeera earlier in the day.
Since 2008, there have been more than 90 insider attacks in Afghanistan, with at least 150 foreign soldiers killed and 187 wounded, according to the Long War Journal blog. "The Afghan army soldier was killed in return fire". The Romanians were were training Afghan forces at the time of the attack.
Afghan official: Two US soldiers killed and two others wounded in attack by Afghan soldier. The attacker was killed after U.S. troops returned fire.
The arrival of hundreds of US Marines - following the withdrawal of US troops three years ago - is part of the Nato-led effort to train and assist Afghan forces. The attacker, who is thought to have been killed, was a guard at the airport.
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