French soldier kills an Afghan

KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- A French soldier shot and killed an Afghan after the man opened fire at the soldier's car in Kabul, the coalition military command reported.

Officicals said the unidentified Afghan opened fire at the vehicle at Camp Phoenix in Kabul.

There were two French soldiers in the car who returned fire. One of them shot and wounded the Afghan as the shooter moved from away from the rock he had been hiding behind,

The wounded man was evacuated to Bagram air base near Kabul, where he died of his wounds.

The French soldiers are attached to the 18,000-strong U.S.-led coalition forces stationed in Afghanistan since the collapse of the Taliban regime three years ago.