Afghan soldier 'opens fire' at NATO troops in KabulAFP Tuesday 5 August 2014 04:44:53 AM FULL ARTICLE @ SOURCE http://www.news.net/article/1718102/Top+Stories?referid=302 |
Sounds like there's a lot of misunderstandings in Afghanistan, then?
ISF troops are 'International Security Assistance' troops, which are:
... a NATO-led security mission in Afghanistan that was established by the United Nations Security Council in December 2001 by Resolution 1386, as envisaged by the Bonn Agreement. Its main purpose is to train the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and assist Afghanistan in rebuilding key government institutions but is also engaged in the 2001–present war with insurgent groups. [wikipedia]
The ANA stands for 'Afghan National Army', so it's at that officer-academy/camp that the shooting took place.
The ethnic composition of the army as at 2012 is:
Pashtun 43% - Primarily Afghanistan (some in Pakistan) - speak Pashto (Eastern Iranian language, descendent).
Tajik 32% - Persian (Dari) speaking; Iranian origin; live Tajikstan, Uzbekistan; Afghanistan. aka 'Farsi' (Persian).
Hazara 12% - Persian speaking; mostly Twelver Shia - largest branch of Shi'a Islam; possible Mongolian ancestry.
Uzbek 10% -Turkic origins; Turkic language (Karluk) - mainly Sunni Muslim
Tajik 32% - Persian (Dari) speaking; Iranian origin; live Tajikstan, Uzbekistan; Afghanistan. aka 'Farsi' (Persian).
Hazara 12% - Persian speaking; mostly Twelver Shia - largest branch of Shi'a Islam; possible Mongolian ancestry.
Uzbek 10% -Turkic origins; Turkic language (Karluk) - mainly Sunni Muslim
Other 3%
Pashto and Farsi (the official languages) are both spoken in the Afghan army, according to Wikipedia.
Sorry about the typos.
Keep having to make typo corrections today. LOL
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