Taliban says the shooting was carried out by a member of the Afghan security force who acted alone

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The US-led coalition headquarters in Kabul has confirmed that a US service member has been killed in an apparent insider attack in southern Afghanistan.

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A statement issued by the Resolute Support Mission on Saturday said two other US service members were wounded but in a stable condition. It added that the name of the deceased service member was being withheld until next of kin is notified.

A Taliban spokesman, Qari Yosuf Ahmadi, said in a message to media on Saturday that the shooting, which took place in the southern Uruzgan province, was carried out by a member of the Afghan security force who acted alone, but that the group “appreciated” his attack.

The attack occurred at Tarinkot, a town in Uruzgan province, US and Taliban officials confirmed. Around 150 US soldiers rotate through a base in Tarinkot, training and assisting the Afghan National Army.

It was not immediately clear what became of the shooter.