Inquiry finds tensions between Aussies and Afghans

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An inquiry into the death of an Australian soldier shot by an Afghan counterpart found on Friday there was a “constant but manageable tension” between the Australian military and the Afghan troops whom they mentor.

The Australian military inquiry report failed to find a reason why Afghan soldier Shafied Ullah fired a burst of three or four shots from a guard tower at Lance Cpl. Andrew Jones as the 25-year-old army cook used a urinal at a forward patrol base in the Chora Valley in Uruzgan province on May 29 last year.