the attack took place in the achin district. they have been fighting against extremist factions in that area. the afghan soldier was a taliban militant. nbc s national security producer courtney kube is following the latest for us. what more are we learning about this insider attack? well, as you mentioned, richard, there were three u.s. soldiers who were shot and killed in this attack. they were shot by someone wearing an afghan commando uniform. we don t know yet whether that individual was in fact an afghan commando, someone who infiltrated the military or someone who may have just been wearing the uniform. in the years past in afghanistan, we ve seen both things happen. it was an insider attack, what the military often calls a green-on-blue in eastern afghanistan which has been plagued by isis in the last year or two. they have tried to step up their offensive in the last few months. we saw where the u.s. dropped the largest bomb ever used in warfare that we know of. an
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