More "Green-on-Blue" Attacks Kill 4 in Afghanistan

The Department of Defense announced Wednesday the deaths of the four soldiers killed in Zabul province on Sunday’s “green-on-blue” attack, marking six deaths in the recent weeks.

The servicemembers killed were:

• Sgt. Sapuro B. Nena, 25, of Honolulu, assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.,

• Spc. Joshua N. Nelson, 22, Greenville, N.C., assigned to 202nd Military Intelligence Battalion, 513th Military Intelligence Brigade, Fort Gordon, Ga.,

• Pfc. Genaro Bedoy, 20, of Amarillo, Texas, assigned to 52nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.

• Pfc. Jon R. Townsend, 19, Claremore, Okla., assigned to 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.

“The reality is, the Taliban has not been able to regain any territory lost. So they’re resorting to these kinds of attacks to create havoc," said Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in a press conference last month.

But by the Pentagon’s own estimate, only about 10 percent of green-on-blue attacks involve Taliban infiltration according to theworld.org news report.