Gunfire 'very close' to German patrol

Automatic gunfire from a compound housing Afghan militiamen struck ‘‘very close’’ to patrolling German peacekeeping soldiers in the first such incident in more than a month, the UN peacekeeping force said today.

No one was injured in the incident on Friday near a compound of the Northern Alliance, which was allied with the coalition in last autumn’s war against the Taliban, said a force spokesman, British Flight Lt. Tony Marshall.