Afghan soldier shoots three Australians

SYDNEY, Nov 9 (AFP): A rogue Afghan soldier was on the run Wednesday after shooting and wounding three Australian troops, days after a similar incident left three Australians dead, the defence department in Sydney said. The men suffered serious wounds but all were in a stable condition after an Afghan National Army soldier opened fire on them at Charmistan in Uruzgan province Tuesday afternoon, the department said. Two Afghan soldiers were also wounded. The incident comes less than a fortnight after an Afghan soldier killed three Australians and wounded seven others when he opened fire during a parade in Kandahar province. "It is too early to speculate that the two incidents are linked," defence force chief David Hurley told reporters.