Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (R) consoles family members of two Civil Guards killed in Afghanistan after their bodies arrived at Torrejon airbase outside Madrid August 26, 2010. Two Spanish Civil Guards and their interpreter were killed during a police training exercise at the Spanish-run base in Qalay-e Naw, the provincial capital of northwestern Badghis province on Wednesday. They were killed when an Afghan policeman they were training turned on them before he was shot dead, officials said. The incident appeared to be the latest in a string of recent attacks by "rogue" police and soldiers, underlining the pressure as NATO-led troops try to train Afghan forces rapidly to allow the handover of security responsibility to begin from mid-2011.[Xinhua/Reuters] |