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An Afghan police recruit has opened fire on Spanish trainers, killing two of them along with their interpreter.

Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said Wednesday the recruit was subsequently shot and killed by Spanish officers who had been conducting a police training course at their base in Badghis province.

The officers were members of the Civil Guards, a paramilitary unit that falls under the command of the Interior Ministry.

The motive for the shooting wasn''t known, although it bore the hallmarks of earlier attacks by Taliban fighters who have taken advantage of a recruiting drive to infiltrate the Afghan security forces.

NATO confirmed the deaths and said they came during a "mentoring session'''' between its forces and the Afghan police.