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An Afghan policewoman who shot dead an American civilian contractor was an unstable Iranian national who had decided to assassinate a senior security official, the authorities said.
Around 60 troops and civilian workers have been shot dead by their allies this year Photo: Jalil Rezayee/EPA
By Ben Farmer in Kabul and agencies
2:50PM GMT 25 Dec 2012
The woman, called Sgt Nargas, killed the contractor with a single shot from her pistol in what is believed to be the first insider attack by a female member of the Afghan security forces.
An investigation into the shooting at Kabul's police headquarters has so far found no links to the Taliban, but officials said she was tired of life and had decided to kill a senior official.
Mohammad Zaher, head of Kabul's criminal investigation department, said: "In her confession she has said that she was tired of life and wanted to kill either the governor, the CID chief or the police chief." "But after she failed to get into the police HQ, she shot a foreign national she saw near the canteen," he told the AFP news agency.
The killer had married an Afghan man 10 years ago and had managed to join the police five years ago.
She had worked inside a human rights division and had been authorised to carry a pistol.
Sediq Seddiqi, interior ministry spokesman, said: "Our investigation shows that Nargas is an Iranian national. After her marriage with an Afghan she managed to obtain an Afghan ID illegally and joined the police," "Our investigation also shows she was suffering from a psychological instability and our understanding from the past 24-hours investigation is that she is not associated with any armed opposition groups." The dead contractor was identified as 49-year-old Joseph Griffin, of Mansfield, Georgia.
The US-based security firm DynCorp International said Mr Griffin had earlier worked with law-enforcement agencies in the United States. In Kabul, he was advising the Afghan police force.
Around 60 troops and civilian workers have been shot dead by their allies this year, accounting for around one-in-seven of all international deaths in the Afghan campaign in 2012.
The scale of the threat led Nato commanders to scale back joint operations between the Afghan forces and their Afghan allies.
An Afghan policewoman who shot dead an American civilian contractor was an unstable Iranian national who had decided to assassinate a senior security official, the authorities said.
Around 60 troops and civilian workers have been shot dead by their allies this year Photo: Jalil Rezayee/EPA
By Ben Farmer in Kabul and agencies
2:50PM GMT 25 Dec 2012
The woman, called Sgt Nargas, killed the contractor with a single shot from her pistol in what is believed to be the first insider attack by a female member of the Afghan security forces.
An investigation into the shooting at Kabul's police headquarters has so far found no links to the Taliban, but officials said she was tired of life and had decided to kill a senior official.
Mohammad Zaher, head of Kabul's criminal investigation department, said: "In her confession she has said that she was tired of life and wanted to kill either the governor, the CID chief or the police chief." "But after she failed to get into the police HQ, she shot a foreign national she saw near the canteen," he told the AFP news agency.
The killer had married an Afghan man 10 years ago and had managed to join the police five years ago.
She had worked inside a human rights division and had been authorised to carry a pistol.
Sediq Seddiqi, interior ministry spokesman, said: "Our investigation shows that Nargas is an Iranian national. After her marriage with an Afghan she managed to obtain an Afghan ID illegally and joined the police," "Our investigation also shows she was suffering from a psychological instability and our understanding from the past 24-hours investigation is that she is not associated with any armed opposition groups." The dead contractor was identified as 49-year-old Joseph Griffin, of Mansfield, Georgia.
The US-based security firm DynCorp International said Mr Griffin had earlier worked with law-enforcement agencies in the United States. In Kabul, he was advising the Afghan police force.
Around 60 troops and civilian workers have been shot dead by their allies this year, accounting for around one-in-seven of all international deaths in the Afghan campaign in 2012.
The scale of the threat led Nato commanders to scale back joint operations between the Afghan forces and their Afghan allies.
