Two NATO soldiers were killed and another injured in a shootout with a bodyguard for an official from a local intelligence agency in Afghanistan's northern province of Panjshir on Saturday, an Afghan official said, according to dpa. Deputy governor of Panjshir, Abdul Rahman Kabiri confirmed the incident, saying the man stationed at the office of the National Directorate for Security had fired at the NATO Provincial Reconstruction Team members; "As a result, two soldiers were killed and another one injured," he said. The injured soldier killed the man, who had been employed as a bodyguard for an NDS official, Kabiri said. The soldiers were immediately evacuated by military helicopter from the district, he said. "We can confirm there has been a shooting incident involving ISAF soldiers in Panjshir province," said Major Tim James, spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force. "There are also been casualties on ISAF side," he said, without elaborating.
