18 September 2012 Last updated at 05:06 ET
On Monday Mr Hammond told MPs such actions would not "derail" operations.
But the BBC has discovered that Nato's revised orders came into force on Sunday. Labour MP Denis MacShane urged Mr Hammond to make a second statement.
A fifth of UK soldiers killed this year in Afghanistan have been victims not of insurgents, but of Afghan soldiers or police. Such incidents, known as "green-on-blue" attacks, have increased concern over the safety of military personnel.
Sergeant Gareth Thursby and Private Thomas Wroe, both of 3rd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment, were shot dead on Saturday by a rogue Afghan soldier who turned on them after faking injury.
'Raw pain'
In the Commons on Monday, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said: "We cannot and will not allow the strategy to be derailed... The pain felt is all the more raw when the incident undermines the trust that our armed forces have built in Afghanistan."
Nato has since announced that joint operations carried out by its own International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Afghan troops will be restricted. They will only routinely happen at battalion level or above, with smaller patrols being signed off on a case-by-case basis.
But the BBC's Quentin Sommerville, in Kabul, said: "This major shift in ISAF policy was effective on Sunday. The British Ministry of Defence - like the Afghans - appear to have been unaware."
Mr Hammond's statement on Monday came in response to an urgent question from Labour MP Denis MacShane, who told the BBC he was seeking permission from Speaker John Bercow to ask another.
But sources close to Mr Hammond have sought to play down the significance of Nato's announcement, stressing that joint operations and mentoring will still continue and that the change is only temporary. They dispute that there has been any "significant" change in strategy.
No decision has yet been made over whether Mr Hammond will make a statement to the Commons.
'Terrifying'
However, Mr MacShane said: "In essence the the Americans are saying 'It's over. It's drawdown time and pretty soon we'll be out like we got out of Vietnam, like we got out of other colonial wars.'
"Yesterday I did ask an urgent question of Mr Hammond. He came to the Commons about these deaths and he didn't mention this at all.
"Either he knew about it and was hiding it, which I don't think is the case, or frankly the Americans aren't even bothering to tell their biggest ally."
He backed calls to "get our troops out as fast as possible" but added: "It's not easy to just pull up stumps."
Mr MacShane and former Conservative cabinet minister John Redwood have been among those calling for a speedy return of troops.
But one of the main justifications for troops being in Afghanistan is the training of Afghan security forces to handle the situation once UK forces withdraw in 2014.
Conservative MP Bob Stewart, a former colonel, said: "I would say totally scale it back so that none of our troops are mentoring anyone below battalion level."
He added: "Our senior military personnel, every time this happens, say: 'We are revising our procedures. We are vetting the Afghan national army, the Afghan national police better.' And then it continues.
"We've had more deaths this year from that revolting phrase 'green-on-blue'. It's called murder, murder by people who are meant to be our friends.
"It's got to enormous proportions and I really feel for soldiers sent out to do this job. I've done it myself and it's terrifying."
Foreign Secretary William Hague is also expected to be questioned about the security situation in Afghanistan when he faces the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee.
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond is facing calls to make a statement to the Commons on Nato's decision to scale down joint patrols with Afghan forces.
Two British soldiers were killed at the weekend, in one of a series of attacks by "rogue" Afghan troops.On Monday Mr Hammond told MPs such actions would not "derail" operations.
But the BBC has discovered that Nato's revised orders came into force on Sunday. Labour MP Denis MacShane urged Mr Hammond to make a second statement.
A fifth of UK soldiers killed this year in Afghanistan have been victims not of insurgents, but of Afghan soldiers or police. Such incidents, known as "green-on-blue" attacks, have increased concern over the safety of military personnel.
Sergeant Gareth Thursby and Private Thomas Wroe, both of 3rd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment, were shot dead on Saturday by a rogue Afghan soldier who turned on them after faking injury.
'Raw pain'
In the Commons on Monday, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said: "We cannot and will not allow the strategy to be derailed... The pain felt is all the more raw when the incident undermines the trust that our armed forces have built in Afghanistan."
Nato has since announced that joint operations carried out by its own International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Afghan troops will be restricted. They will only routinely happen at battalion level or above, with smaller patrols being signed off on a case-by-case basis.
But the BBC's Quentin Sommerville, in Kabul, said: "This major shift in ISAF policy was effective on Sunday. The British Ministry of Defence - like the Afghans - appear to have been unaware."
Mr Hammond's statement on Monday came in response to an urgent question from Labour MP Denis MacShane, who told the BBC he was seeking permission from Speaker John Bercow to ask another.
But sources close to Mr Hammond have sought to play down the significance of Nato's announcement, stressing that joint operations and mentoring will still continue and that the change is only temporary. They dispute that there has been any "significant" change in strategy.
No decision has yet been made over whether Mr Hammond will make a statement to the Commons.
'Terrifying'
However, Mr MacShane said: "In essence the the Americans are saying 'It's over. It's drawdown time and pretty soon we'll be out like we got out of Vietnam, like we got out of other colonial wars.'
"Yesterday I did ask an urgent question of Mr Hammond. He came to the Commons about these deaths and he didn't mention this at all.
"Either he knew about it and was hiding it, which I don't think is the case, or frankly the Americans aren't even bothering to tell their biggest ally."
He backed calls to "get our troops out as fast as possible" but added: "It's not easy to just pull up stumps."
Mr MacShane and former Conservative cabinet minister John Redwood have been among those calling for a speedy return of troops.
But one of the main justifications for troops being in Afghanistan is the training of Afghan security forces to handle the situation once UK forces withdraw in 2014.
Conservative MP Bob Stewart, a former colonel, said: "I would say totally scale it back so that none of our troops are mentoring anyone below battalion level."
He added: "Our senior military personnel, every time this happens, say: 'We are revising our procedures. We are vetting the Afghan national army, the Afghan national police better.' And then it continues.
"We've had more deaths this year from that revolting phrase 'green-on-blue'. It's called murder, murder by people who are meant to be our friends.
"It's got to enormous proportions and I really feel for soldiers sent out to do this job. I've done it myself and it's terrifying."
Foreign Secretary William Hague is also expected to be questioned about the security situation in Afghanistan when he faces the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee.
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