Man in ANA uniform kills three Nato soldiers

KABUL: The US-led military coalition in Afghanistan said on Wednesday that three of its soldiers were killed by a man dressed in an Afghan army uniform, Associated Press reported.

The attack is the latest in a spree of shootings this year by Afghan soldiers, or militants dressed as soldiers, on Nato forces in Afghanistan.

Nato did not provide any further details.

Earlier in the week two US soldiers were killed by a rogue Afghan soldier in the capital. The deaths in Laghman province brought to 12 the number of foreign soldiers killed this month alone, prompting NATO to increase security against insider attacks, including requiring soldiers to carry loaded weapons at all times on base.

There have been 33 insider attacks so far this year that have led to 42 coalition deaths. That is a sharp increase from 2011, when, during the entire year, 35 coalition troops were reported killed in such attacks, 24 of whom were American.