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divdiv class=story-body readability=30 span class=story-date#13; span class=date27 October 2013/span#13;span class=time-textLast updated at /spanspan class=time05:11 ET/span#13; #13;/span#13;#13; #13;#13;#13; #13; #13; !-- Embedding the video player --#13;!-- This is the embedded player component --#13;#13;#13; #13; #13;#13;#13;#13;!-- wwrights check --#13;!-- Empty country is used on test environment --#13;#13;#13;#13;div class=videoInStoryB readability=1#13; div id=emp-24691752-78 class=emp#13; #13; #13; noscript#13; div class=warning readability=1#13; img class=holding src=http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/70738000/jpg/_70738340_70738339.jpg alt=Soldiers in Kabul/pstrongPlease turn on JavaScript./strong Media requires JavaScript to play./p#13; /div#13; /noscript#13; #13; !-- embedding script --#13; #13; /div#13; !-- companion banner -- #13; #13; #13; #13; !-- END - companion banner --!-- caption --p class=captionThe BBC's David Loyn: This was a really unfortunate incident/p#13; !-- END - caption --#13; #13; #13;#13;/div#13;!-- end of the embedded player component --#13;#13;!-- Player embedded -- #13; p class=introduction id=story_continues_1A row which left an Afghan soldier dead and three Nato colleagues wounded occurred at the new UK-run officer training academy, it has emerged./p#13; pThe Afghan National Army Officer Academy in Kabul - dubbed Sandhurst in the Sand - opened last week./p#13; pBBC correspondent David Loyn said the incident on Saturday was a blow to the morale of the new academy./p#13; div class=story-feature wide readability=8#13; a class=hidden href=#story_continues_2Continue reading the main story/a h2Analysis/h2#13; !-- pullout-items--#13; #13; !-- pullout-body--#13; pThe fight at the gate of the officer academy following an argument over a confiscated laptop could have far-reaching implications. The timing could not be worse as the first cadets only began training last week. /p#13; pSince he became prime minister, David Cameron has made no secret of his desire to withdraw from the Afghan campaign, and Britain is not expected to send any troops to the Nato mission that will follow the end of combat operations next year (Turkey, Germany, and Italy are expected to be the major troop-contributing nations alongside the US). /p#13; pThe officer academy is set to be Britain's only military legacy to Afghanistan, but casualties there could strengthen the hands of those in Whitehall who want to cut costs in Afghanistan sooner rather than later./p#13; #13; !-- pullout-links--#13; /div p id=story_continues_2Afghan government sources said the Afghan had fired a shot in a row with his colleagues, who had returned fire./p#13; pThe sources said the Afghan soldier, who was guarding the gate of the academy, had confiscated a laptop computer from a driver, prompting soldiers from Australia and New Zealand to try to take it back from him./p#13; pThey swore at the Afghan soldier and he shot one of the Australians in the chest, the sources added./p#13; pIt is believed the bullet fragmented against his body armour and hit another Australian and a New Zealander, before the Afghan was shot dead./p#13; pOur correspondent said: It could have serious political ramifications for Britain's long-term funding of the officer academy, modelled on Sandhurst, set to be the only British military contribution to Afghanistan after combat operations end next year./p#13; pHe added that this was the fourth insider attack in Afghanistan in a month, after a period when new precautions had reduced the threat./p#13; pLast year, attacks by Afghan servicemen on their Nato colleagues accounted for around 15% of all international troop casualties./p#13; #13; pIn June, Nato handed over security for the whole of Afghanistan to Afghan forces, but some 97,000 troops remain./p#13; pThe Nato-led International Security Assistance Force Isaf currently has troops from 50 contributing nations - most of them, some 68,000, from the US - providing military back-up when needed./p#13; pBy the end of 2014 all combat troops should have left to be replaced - if approved by the Afghan government - by a smaller force that will only train and advise./p#13; /div/divbrbrcentera href=http://www.wizardrss.comPowered By WizardRSS.com/a | a href=http://www.wizardrss.comFull Text RSS Feed/a | a href=http://www.amazon.com/RFID-Blocking-Cards-Identity-Protector/dp/B00CJHZLEWRFID/a | a href=http://www.wpzonbuilder.comAmazon Affiliate/a/center