An Afghan soldier was shot dead after opening fire on American troops - killing one and wounding seven others - in a failed assassination attempt on a US ambassador.
The attack took place after a meeting between Afghan provincial leaders and Ambassador Don Yamamoto in the compound of the provincial governor in Jalalabad.
According to sources, his convoy was leaving the compound when the Afghan soldier opened fire on the last car using a vehicle-mounted machine gun.
The car carrying the ambassador - who is not the US ambassador to Afghanistan, but a recently appointed special advisor to the country - had already left the compound by this stage.
General Fazel Ahmad Sherzad, police chief for eastern Nangarhar province, said American troops immediately returned fire, killing the Afghan soldier.
The motive for the attack was not immediately known.
An Afghan interpreter working with the US troops had previously said no US soldiers had died in the incident.
It is the second insider attack in the country this year, after an Afghan soldier killed three American contractors on 29 January.
The Western-backed Afghan government's 13-year war against the insurgents has intensified as both sides seek to strengthen their positions ahead of possible peace talks.
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