Video Triggered French Troop Killing, Says Afghan Soldier

KABUL (NNN-AOP) -- An Afghan soldier responsible for the killing of four French soldiers says a recent video showing US marines urinating on the bodies of Taliban militants triggered his actions.

The Afghan soldier confessed that he was strongly motivated to kill the foreign troops after seeing an insulting video showing the marines making lewd jokes, while urinating on the bodies.

During his visit to Afghanistan, French Defense Minister Gerard Longuet accused the Afghan soldier of being a Taliban infiltrator.

Meanwhile, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has described the attack, which has left 15 others injured, as an isolated and individual action.

The French soldiers were killed on Friday in the Tagab district of Kapisa Province, located some 800 kilometers (497 miles) northeast of the country's capital Kabul.

France has a nearly 3,600-strong contingent, mainly stationed in the provinces of Kabul and Kapisa, within the US-led NATO coalition in Afghanistan.

The Friday deaths raised the French death toll in Afghanistan to 82.

Meanwhile, a video clip recently released on the Internet shows Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan blowing up the house of an Afghan villager only to entertain themselves.

It is not immediately known, however, where and when the incident took place. -- NNN-AOP