sent by abu zarkawi killed 60 people attending a wedding. they have not established a motive for today s attack. the brave individuals were training jordan and palestinian security forces. a cowardly act like this one only reinforces the determination of the united states. reporter: the attack resembles the so-called green on blue attacks by afghan soldiers and police being trained by u.s. personnel in afghanistan. jennifer griffin live at the pentagon, thank you. still ahead, students force out the president of a major american university. we ll tell you how and why. first, questions from critics of the administration. does it make sense to have a proponent of sanctuary cities running the border patrol? jeb bush: we do not have to be the world s policeman.
critical to preserving security and order inside their countries. the attack resembled the so-called green on blue attacks by afghanistan soldiers and police being trained by u.s. personnel. the president hosted the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu today. first time since netanyahu publicly campaigned against his nuclear deal with iran. the president suggested today that has not formed their relationship. it s no secret that the prime minister and i have had a strong disagreement on this narrow issue, but we don t have a disagreement on the need to make sure that iran does not gate nuclear weapon and we don t have a disagreement 0 about the important of is blunting destabilizing activities. the two world leaders focused on the renewed violence between the israelis and the palestinians. president obama insisting israel has he right to protect itself and netanyahu is indicating he is looking for a diplomatic solution. we have not given up our hope for peace.
seven others wounded by the gunman who was wearing an afghan military uniform. with more here s abc s martha raddatz. reporter: since the official end of its combat role in afghanistan, u.s. troops rarely travel outside of the security of american bases but these u.s. soldiers were in the rest of town of jalalabad protecting an american diplomate, meeting with a local governor. it was after the diplomate departed the meeting by helicopter when his security detail traveling in a military convoy was attacked. the shooter dressed in an afghan military uniform opening fire at close range from a mounted automatic weapon. u.s. forces quickly returned fire, killing the shooter, but not before one american laid dead and seven others wounded. 159 coalition forces have been killed since 2007 in these so-called green on blue attacks. last january, three american civilian contractors were
and defense department arestonwalling because the deaths could have been prevented. didn t have to happen. if warning signs had been observed. what the family does know is that corporal buckley was told he would be going home three days before he was murdered in the gym. it happened more than two years ago, and august 2012, during a spike in the so-called green on blue attacks when u.s. trained afghan police and soldiers were turning their weapons on u.s. forces and this man, once called afghan s most crooked cop, accused of sex trafficking and selling uniforms. another marine warned supervisors about john but he was allowed to stay and buckley s father says hi son knew it wouldn t end well. he said i didn t join the ma katrina corps to be a baby-sit or school teacher. they want me to teach these guys how to shoot and kill and do everything. and he said, i feel they re
united states is entrusting with the future of afghanistan. these are the men who the u.s. troops are training and mentoring. that is why u.s. troops are on the ground and there have been many cases like this, so-called green on blue attacks, where afghan forces turn their guns on their american trainers, this time they turned their guns on a reporter, on a car full of reporters. horrifying details, richard. i know and you well know the outcome of this election impacts an agreement with afghan forces and the united states, and the remaining troops that might be left there beyond the end of this year. this hinges on the relationship and, obviously, the future of our presence there. reporter: there are currently 33,000, roughly, u.s. troops in this country. they are already in this advise and assist capacity, not going off their bases very often, but still providing satellite