World | Koran Afghan Colleagues Kill 2 More US Troops 6 US service members have been killed since Koran-burning protests began By Evann Gastaldo Posted Mar 1, 2012 6:43 AM CST Copied Burning tires are seen during a protest against Koran desecration in Kabul on February 24, 2012. (Getty Images) Increasingly frightening news out of Afghanistan: Two more US troops died at the hands of their Afghan colleagues today, bringing the death toll of such green-on-blue attacks in the last eight days to six. The service members were killed before dawn at a southern Kandahar base, marking the third such instance since the protests over Koran-burning began last week. A third US service member was wounded, reports the Wall Street Journal. Reports on the gunmen are conflicting: Coalition reports cited two men, only one dressed as a soldier; the governor of the district where the shooting occurred says a literacy teacher assisting the Afghan National Army took a gun from an Afghan soldier and began firing. And the AP places the number of attackers at three. While those numbers are hazy, these aren't: The Journal reports that not a single US or NATO soldier was killed by bombs or in combat since the protests erupted; in 2012, one out of every five coalition-troop deaths can be attributed to an Afghan colleague. Read These Next GOP Sen. Tillis suggests Pete Hegseth is 'out of his depth.' Los Angeles tunnel collapses with workers inside. He's an American hero—and an undocumented immigrant. Trailer for Ryan Gosling's Project Hail Mary scores a record. Report an error